Keith’s note: NASA announced a new Mars nuclear rocket ship thing today. Note that neither the symbol “$” or the abbreviation “FY” appear anywhere. Apparently this has to do with […]
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Posted inProcurement
Satellite Servicing Heats up with Orbital ATK Suing DARPA
Orbital ATK Sues DARPA Over MDA’s SSL GEO Satellite Servicing Contract, SpaceQ “The days of on-orbit servicing, or satellite servicing, living in obscurity are over. On February 7, Orbital ATK, […]
Posted inCommercialization
NASA JSC's Failed R-5 Robot Project Refuses To Explain Itself
Keith’s note: On 17 November 2015 NASA issued a press release titled “NASA Awards Two Robots to University Groups for R&D Upgrades” regarding NASA JSC’s R-5 robot. At the time […]
Posted inRobotics
ATLAS Is Walking. Valkyrie Remains Hidden
ATLAS robot gets closer to walking like a human, TechGenMag “When Boston Dynamics first revealed their ATLAS robot on July 11, 2013, the bipedal humanoid robot was a clunky, slow […]
Posted inNews
Northrop Grumman XS-1 Experimental Spaceplane
Northrop Grumman Developing XS-1 Experimental Spaceplane Design for DARPA “Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC) with Scaled Composites and Virgin Galactic is developing a preliminary design and flight demonstration plan for the […]
Posted inCommercialization
DARPA's New Spaceplane
Work Commences on Experimental Spaceplane (XS-1) Designs [With Video], DARPA “In an era of declining budgets and adversaries’ evolving capabilities, quick, affordable and routine access to space is increasingly critical […]
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JPL Rolls Out Robosimian While JSC Hides Valkyrie
JPL’s RoboSimian “Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla., was the place to be late last month for an unusual two-day competition: the DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials. But if you went expecting […]
Posted inTechnology
NASA JSC's Expensive Custom Trailer For Val the Robot
Reader note:“I was at the DRC all week. NASA showed up with the most awesome/expensive looking tracker/trailer. Â It had a custom paint job, new custom “pelican” cases for all equipment, […]
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NASA JSC's Valkyrie Robot Tied For Last Place in DARPA Competition
Handicapping the 2013 DARPA Robotics Challenge, Gizmodo “NASA JSC Team Valkyrie (7/1): Johnson Space Center has a 20-year legacy in humanoid robot development, and the six-foot-two, 286 lb Valkyrie, “inspired […]
Posted inNASA Hackspace
JPL Makes the Cut in DARPA Virtual Robotics Challenge
JPL Scores High in DARPA Virtual Robotics Challenge [Watch], NASA JPL “The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected a group from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., as […]