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Art Turns Public Eyes (and Ears) Toward Space

Posted on November 1, 2016 by challer

The Orbit Pavilion is a sound installation at The Huntington Library Art Collections & Botantical Gardens in San Marino, California that lets listeners “hear” 19 of NASA’s Earth science satellites pass over them, providing a fun and engaging way to learn about space.
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Posted in Articles, DoDLive Science, Engineering, Featured, Photos, Rotator, Space, Space Matters | Tagged Andrew Good, art, Calfornia, changing mass, Department of Defense (DoD), DoD, DOD and science, DoD Armed with Science, Earth, ice, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, nasa, oceans, Pasadena, planet, science, scientists, space, weather | Comments Off

(U.S. Defense Department graphic illustration by Jessica L. Tozer/Released)

Saturday Space Sight: Two Faces of Ceres

Posted on March 7, 2015 by jtozer

Saturday Space Sight: Dwarf planet in sight! These two views of Ceres were acquired by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft from a distance of about 52,000 miles.
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Testing Out Robo-insects

Posted on November 19, 2014 by jtozer

The Army Research Lab announces plans to test insect-inspired robotic platform in an Army exercise.
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Posted in Articles, Robots | Tagged 3D mapping, Carnegie Mellon University, Development and Engineering Command, Dr. Joseph Conroy, insect neurophysiology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Maneuver Center of Excellence, Micro-Autonomous Systems Technology Collaborative Technology Alliance, MUM-T exercise, RDECOM, research, robotic systems, U.S. Army Materiel Command, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, University of Maryland, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania | Comments Off

Saturday Space Sight: The Odd Trio

Posted on October 4, 2014 by jtozer

Saturday Space Sight: The Cassini spacecraft captures a rare family photo of three of Saturn’s moons that couldn’t be more different from each other!
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Saturday Space Sight: Vortex and Rings

Posted on August 2, 2014 by jtozer

The Cassini spacecraft captures three magnificent sights at once: Saturn’s north polar vortex and hexagon along with its expansive rings.
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The Military’s Mini Robots

Posted on July 2, 2014 by jtozer

In the future Army, a team of miniature ground and aerial robots may be able to enter the high-risk zones and conduct a coordinated search, communicating with one another, & relaying the info to soldiers!
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ARL Prototype Hardware Helps NASA Recover Images that Would be Lost at Sea

Posted on November 21, 2013 by jtozer

New hardware built by research engineers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory is helping NASA retrieve experimental images otherwise lost at sea. The hardware weighs less than two pounds and serves as a means of locating NASA’s flight imagery recorders …
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Saturday Space Sight: Asteroid Watch – A Reality Check

Posted on November 2, 2013 by jtozer

Newly discovered asteroid 2013 TV135 made a close approach to Earth on Sept. 16, when it came within about 4.2 million miles (6.7 million kilometers). The asteroid is initially estimated to be about 1,300 feet (400 meters) in size and …
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