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VR Headset on ISS 'Really Makes a Difference' for Astronaut Exercise
Astronauts on the International Space Station can experience cycling routes on Earth with the help of a VR headset and a new exercise bike.
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NOAA's Older Earth-Watching Satellites Get 'Extended Life'
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will use a cloud-based system to extend the life of polar-orbiting satellites slated for decommissioning.
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Japan's SLIM Moon Lander Is Carrying a Transforming Ball Robot
Last week, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launched the Smart Lander for Investigation Moon probe with a small, spherical lunar explorer aboard.
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Amazon Tests ML Software to Analyze Satellite Images from Space
Amazon, Italian space startup D-Orbit, and Sweden's Unibap spent months testing how Amazon Web Services machine learning software analyzes satellite images and...
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Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Aces Flight After Software Update
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Mars helicopter Ingenuity has flown its shortest-ever flight following a software update.
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Advanced AI Discovers a Treasure Trove of Gravitational Lenses
Telescope uses machine-learning algorithm to identify a sample of 5,000 candidates of gravitational lenses from tens of millions of galaxy images.
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NASA Mission Carrying Voice Assistant Tech to the Moon
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Artemis 1 mission will carry an Alexa-enabled voice assistant called Callisto into lunar orbit.
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U.S. Space Force Tests Robot Dogs to Patrol Cape Canaveral
The U.S. Space Force held a demonstration of dog-like quadruped unmanned ground vehicles for patrols at Cape Canaveral.
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Steampunk Venus Rover Ideas Win NASA Contest to 'Explore Hell' With Clockwork Robots
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory received 572 entries from 82 countries in a contest to generate ideas for replacing traditional spacecraft sensors in its future...
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Israeli Moon Lander 'On the Right Path' Despite Recent Glitch
Israel's first lunar lander, nicknamed Beresheet, is back on course for the Moon despite recently missing a planned orbit-raising engine burn due to an unexpected...
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AI Robot CIMON Debuts at International Space Station
The CIMON artificial intelligence robot aboard the International Space Station can engage verbally with the station's crew.
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What's Next for NASA's New Mars Lander?
The new Mars lander will begin investigating the planet's interior in several months, after deploying and calibrating a burrowing heat probe and a suite of seismometers...
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Hubble Telescope Sees Star That May Explode Soon
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a striking new photo of a doomed star poised to explode in a devastating supernova event.
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New 3D Map of niverse Is Best One Yet
Astronomers have created the most complete 3D map of our local universe, revealing new details about our place in the cosmos. The map shows all visible structures...
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Japan Disaster Recovery Efforts Get Help From Satellites
In the aftermath of Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami, satellite maps have been a vital part of search and rescue efforts by providing clear pictures...
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