After 60 Years, Nuclear Power for Spaceflight is Still Tried and True
Six decades after the launch of the first nuclear-powered space mission, NASA is embarking on a bold future of human exploration and scientific discovery.
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NASA STEM Projects, Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS), STEM Engagement at NASA, Tech Industry, Tech NewsWinners of NASA’s Power to Explore Student Challenge Tour NASA’s Glenn Research Center and Meet NASA Engineers
Read more: Winners of NASA’s Power to Explore Student Challenge Tour NASA’s Glenn Research Center and Meet NASA EngineersThe three grand prize winners of NASA’s third Power to Explore Challenge visited the NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, OH on August 8 to learn about the people and technologies that power NASA missions.
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curiosity rover, jet propulsion laboratory, mars, Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS), Tech Industry, Tech News
Here’s How Curiosity’s Sky Crane Changed the Way NASA Explores Mars
Read more: Here’s How Curiosity’s Sky Crane Changed the Way NASA Explores MarsTwelve years ago, NASA landed its six-wheeled science lab using a daring new technology that lowers the rover using a robotic jetpack. NASA’s Curiosity rover mission is celebrating a dozen years on the Red Planet, where the six-wheeled scientist continues to make big discoveries as it inches up the foothills of a Martian mountain. Just…
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astrobiology, High-Tech Computing, jet propulsion laboratory, mars, Mars 2020, perseverance rover, Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS), robotics, Science-enabling Technology, Tech Industry, Tech News
Here’s How AI Is Changing NASA’s Mars Rover Science
Read more: Here’s How AI Is Changing NASA’s Mars Rover ScienceArtificial intelligence is helping scientists to identify minerals within rocks studied by the Perseverance rover. Some scientists dream of exploring planets with “smart” spacecraft that know exactly what data to look for, where to find it, and how to analyze it. Although making that dream a reality will take time, advances made with NASA’s Perseverance…
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Glenn Research Center, NASA Centers & Facilities, NASA STEM Projects, Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS), STEM Engagement at NASA, Tech Industry, Tech News, The Solar System, The Universe
NASA Names Finalists of the Power to Explore Challenge
Read more: NASA Names Finalists of the Power to Explore ChallengeNASA selected nine finalists out of the 45 semifinalist student essays in the Power to Explore Challenge, a national competition for K-12 students featuring the enabling power of radioisotopes. Contestants were challenged to explore how NASA has powered some of its most famous science missions and to dream up how their personal “super power” would…
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NASA Announces Semifinalists of Power to Explore Challenge
Read more: NASA Announces Semifinalists of Power to Explore ChallengeNASA selected 45 student essays as semifinalists of its 2024 Power to Explore Challenge, a national competition for K-12 students featuring the enabling power of radioisotopes.
