Researchers release open-source photorealistic simulator for autonomous driving

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VISTA 2.0 is an open-source simulation engine that can make realistic environments for training and testing self-driving cars. Credits: Image courtesy of MIT CSAIL. By Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL Hyper-realistic virtual worlds have been heralded as the best driving schools for autonomous vehicles (AVs), since they’ve proven fruitful test beds for safely trying out …

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Arianespace preps for first Ariane 5 launch of the year

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An Ariane 5 rocket on its launch pad Tuesday evening at the Guiana Space Center. Credit: Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/P. Piron Two geostationary communications satellites for India’s space agency and a Malaysian company will rocket into orbit from the jungle of South America on Wednesday on a European-built Ariane 5 launcher. The launch window Wednesday opens at …

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Why You Should Check Out Our Interactive Components Demo @Automatica

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If you’re at Automatica this year, be sure to swing by our booth and check out our interactive components demo! (and if you’re not at Automatica… this post is the next best thing!) This year, we have an entire interactive selection of our popular Robotiq components. From our classic 2 Finger Grippers to our Wrist …

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NASA’s Artemis moon rocket fully fueled for first time in practice countdown

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NASA’s Artemis 1 moon rocket stands fully fueled on pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center soon after the conclusion of a wet dress rehearsal Monday evening. Credit: NASA NASA loaded more than three-quarters of a million gallons of super-cold propellant into the first Space Launch System moon rocket Monday in Florida, achieving key milestones …

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SpaceX launches third Falcon 9 rocket in less than two days

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A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station with the Globalstar FM15 satellite. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX hauled a Globalstar communications satellite into orbit early Sunday from Cape Canaveral, pulling off the third Falcon 9 rocket flight in 36 hours, the fastest sequence of three missions by any commercial …

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Live coverage: SpaceX counting down to midnight hour launch from Florida

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Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida with the Globalstar FM15 voice and data relay satellite. Follow us on Twitter. SpaceX Webcast SpaceX is counting down to launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space …

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NASA tries again to complete moon rocket’s practice countdown

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STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The moon hangs in the sky behind NASA’s Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System moon rocket on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center. Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky Countdown clocks began ticking Saturday for NASA’s fourth attempt to complete a dress-rehearsal countdown and fueling test of its Space …

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Globalstar hush-hush ahead of launch with SpaceX

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SpaceX raised a Falcon 9 rocket vertical on pad 40 Saturday in preparation for launch with the Globalstar FM15 satellite. Credit: SpaceX Globalstar is set to add a spare spacecraft to its commercial data relay network early Sunday with a launch from Cape Canaveral on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, but the satellite operator remained …

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SpaceX launches German military radar satellite from California

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A Falcon 9 rocket soars by the moon in the sky over California’s Central Coast, carrying Germany’s SARah 1 military imaging satellite into orbit. Credit: Brian Sandoval / Spaceflight Now A four-ton, cloud-penetrating radar observation satellite for the German military soared into orbit Saturday from California on top of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, beginning …

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