First in new generation of European weather satellites ready for launch

The MTG-I1 satellite is integrated with its Ariane 5 rocket at the Guiana Space Center. Credit: Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/P. Baudon The first in a new generation of European weather satellites is set for launch Tuesday on a mission that promises to improve the timeliness and precision of weather forecasts for Europe and Africa, sharing a ride …

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Artemis 1 back on Earth after near-flawless 25-day moon mission

NASA’s Orion spacecraft descends under three. orange and white main parachutes. Credit: NASA NASA’s Orion spacecraft parachuted to a gentle splashdown in the Pacific Ocean Sunday west of Baja California, ending an unpiloted test flight to the moon that spanned 25-and-a-half days and 1.4 million miles, proving out a new rocket and capsule to carry …

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Japanese moon lander, NASA hitchhiker payload launched by SpaceX

EDITOR’S NOTE: Watch a replay of our live coverage of the launch here. SFN Live A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral early Sunday with a commercial Japanese robotic moon lander and a NASA hitchhiker micro-payload called Lunar Flashlight that will seek out signs of water ice hidden in the permanently dark floors …

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Orion moonship closes in for Sunday re-entry and splashdown

STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION A camera on one of the Orion spacecraft’s four solar array wings captured this view of a crescent Earth on Saturday, Dec. 10, the Artemis 1 mission’s final full day in space. Credit: NASA Closing out a 25-day voyage around the moon, NASA’s Artemis 1 spacecraft closed in …

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NASA’s Lunar Flashlight hitching ride to moon on SpaceX rocket

Artist’s illustration of the Lunar Flashlight spacecraft firing its lasers toward the moon’s surface. Credit: NASA NASA’s Lunar Flashlight spacecraft, a small briefcase-size CubeSat that could break new ground in the search for water ice on the moon, is hitching a ride to space on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket along with the privately-developed Hakuto-R …

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Repairs and upgrades await SLS mobile launcher before crewed lunar mission

NASA’s Artemis Mobile Launcher rolls into High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building on Friday, Dec. 9. Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky The mobile launch platform for NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket rolled back into the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center Friday for inspections and repairs after liftoff of the Artemis 1 moon …

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Cobots vs Robots: The Ultimate Showdown

Welcome to the ultimate showdown between cobots and robots! For decades, conventional industrial robots have ruled the manufacturing space. They have provided businesses with automation solutions capable taking on repetitive tasks and reducing manual labor. More recently, collaborative robots stepped into the ring as a challenger to conventional robots. They might look similar to some …

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SpaceX delivers for rival OneWeb with sunset launch from Kennedy Space Center

EDITOR’S NOTE: Watch a replay of our live coverage of the launch here. SFN Live Forty more OneWeb internet satellites rocketed into orbit from Kennedy Space Center at sunset Thursday, the company’s first launch with SpaceX after suspending flights on Russian rockets earlier this year. Following a spectacular sunset blastoff at 5:27 p.m. EST (2227 GMT) …

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Looking beyond “technology for technology’s sake”

“Learning about the social implications of the technology you’re working on is really important,” says senior Austen Roberson. Photo: Jodi Hilton By Laura Rosado | MIT News correspondent Austen Roberson’s favorite class at MIT is 2.S007 (Design and Manufacturing I-Autonomous Machines), in which students design, build, and program a fully autonomous robot to accomplish tasks …

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OneWeb readies for 15th launch, and first with SpaceX

Forty OneWeb satellites mounted on a dispenser before encapsulation inside a SpaceX payload fairing. Credit: OneWeb OneWeb’s broadband network will get a boost from SpaceX, which operates its own internet constellation, with the launch of 40 satellites on top of a Falcon 9 rocket set for Thursday from Kennedy Space Center. The 40 satellites are …

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