It’s May 3, 2024 – Happy National Space Day!
Celebrated the first Friday in May, National Space Day celebrates e extraordinary achievements, benefits, and opportunities in the exploration and use of space and space travel.
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Category: Blinded by Science
A Farewell to Atlas; Long Live Atlas!
Boston Dynamics retires its hydraulics-based Atlas robot to make way for a new all-electric one. Watch the videos.
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Disney Legend Joe Rohde Returns to Disney
Forty years as a Disney Imagineer wasn’t enough for Disney Legend Joe Rohde, so he’s going back to teach a new generation of Imagineers.
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NASA Recruiting New Astronauts for 2024
Ever thought you had the right stuff to be a NASA astronaut? Now’s your chance to apply.
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LimX Dynamics’s Biped Robots In The Wild
The Chinese robotic company LimX calls themselves “disruptive legged robotics technology for a boundless future.” This video of their surprising little club-footed biped drives the point home.
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NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Finally Grounded on Mars
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has been permanently grounded on the surface of another planet due to rotor damage.
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Japan’s Lunar Lander SLIM Survives, But Its Solar Panels Have Failed
Now entirely dependent on its batteries, Japan’s SLIM moon mission will be a lot shorter than planned.
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2024 To See A Comet and Solar Eclipse Meet
This year, there will be a special visitor: Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks will appear not far from the eclipsing sun.
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