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Robot plants could be used to grow infrastructure in space from scratch

This article was original featured on MIT Press.This article is excerpted from Dario Floreano and Nicola Nosengo’s book “Tales From...

Robot plants could be used to grow infrastructure in space from scratch

This article was original featured on MIT Press.This article is excerpted from Dario Floreano and Nicola Nosengo’s book “Tales From...

Watch NASA’s bizarre and bulbous Super Guppy cargo plane touch down in Alabama

After over half a century of loyal service, the world’s last remaining Super Guppy aircraft continues to dutifully transport NASA’s...

Watch NASA’s bizarre and bulbous Super Guppy cargo plane touch down in Alabama

After over half a century of loyal service, the world’s last remaining Super Guppy aircraft continues to dutifully transport NASA’s...

These wearables might protect astronauts from space ‘death spirals’

There’s an aviation term called the “death spiral”—when pilots’ skewed sensory perceptions contradict the accurate readings on their instruments, causing...

These wearables might protect astronauts from space ‘death spirals’

There’s an aviation term called the “death spiral”—when pilots’ skewed sensory perceptions contradict the accurate readings on their instruments, causing...

Name a better duo than NASA’s hard-working Mars rover and helicopter

On April 19, 2021, a little more than a century after the Wright Brothers’ first test flight on Earth, humans...

Name a better duo than NASA’s hard-working Mars rover and helicopter

On April 19, 2021, a little more than a century after the Wright Brothers’ first test flight on Earth, humans...

Gravitational wave detector now squeezes light to find more black holes

Gravitational wave observatories, such as the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), are exercises in extreme sensitivity. LIGO’s two experimental ears—one...

Gravitational wave detector now squeezes light to find more black holes

Gravitational wave observatories, such as the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), are exercises in extreme sensitivity. LIGO’s two experimental ears—one...