Robotics

New Robotic Glove Developed by NASA and General Motors

By Stavros Georgakas on March 21, 2012

The new Human Grasp Assist device, or Robo-Glove (Credits: NASA ). A successful collaboration between NASA and General Motors resulted in... Read more →

Media

The Sound of a Solar Storm

By Merryl Azriel on March 20, 2012

Using NASA's Messenger and Solar and Heliospheric Observatory  spacecraft, doctoral design student Robert Alexander "sonifed" data from a March... Read more →

News1

North Korea Announces Long Range Rocket Launch

By Ines Hernandez on March 20, 2012

North Korea has announced that it is preparing to launch a long range rocket carrying the Earth-observation satellite Unha-3. The launch is... Read more →

News2

Copenhagen Suborbitals Drop Test Deploys DIY Parachute

By Merryl Azriel on March 19, 2012

On March 17, Copenhagen Suborbitals performed the first drop tests on their main parachute for space capsule Tycho Deep Space. Although limited... Read more →

Space Medicine

Confirmed: Long Duration Space Flight Threatens Vision

By Tereza Pultarova on March 19, 2012

  Magnetic Resonance Imaging revealed pronounced changes in astronauts'eyes and pituitary gland/brain connectors (Credits: NASA). A... Read more →

Debris Remediation

Sophisticated Rescue Saves AEHF-1 Satellite

By Merryl Azriel on March 18, 2012

The AEHF-1 satellite under construction prior to its 2010 launch (Credits: Lockheed Martin). Fourteen months after human error stranded US... Read more →