The da Vinci robot, used by surgeons to fix people, is taking a little trip to space, where it's going to make it much easier for NASA scientists to fix satellites.READ»
There is a lot of useful material in otherwise dead space junk. Now the military's wing of crazy, cool geniuses is going to build mini-satellites to go get it out. Recycling goes space age. READ»
No, that's not the setup to a joke. Google, YouTube, Lenovo, Space Adventures, NASA, ESA, and JAXA are pulling science and tech education into the spotlight yet again, hosting a global science fair with prizes that are, quite literally, out of this world. Who's laughing now? READ»
In an extended interview, astronaut Ron Garan speaks with Fast Company about his nerve-wracking return to earth, what technology startups should develop for space travel, and life on the International Space Station. "We really need to start not just exploring space," Garan says, "but utilizing space."READ»
No longer content to let the U.S. and Europe dictate the pace and direction of innovation, countries around the world are funding their own R&D to solve their own problems.READ»
Robots may one day be "your plastic pal who's fun to be with" but today they're doing vital radiation-zone tasks, tweeting from space and prepping to assist soldiers, to dance, and to fold your sheets.READ»
Early in August, Seattle's Space Needle and Space Adventures launched a scheme that promised to let one lucky earthling cozy up with the stars, offering a trip to space as the prize in a contest open to the public.READ»
Around a black hole 12 billion light years away, there's an almost unimaginable vapor cloud of water--enough to supply an entire planet's worth of water for every person on earth, 20,000 times over.READ»
The Space Shuttle is no more. Atlantis returned safely to Earth yesterday, ending the final mission of NASA's 30-year program. The Shuttle was, as Christopher Mims aptly put it on Technology Review, "one of the most complicated pieces ...READ»
Hubble is amazing, but its replacement, the James Webb, is having problems. That makes a scientific telescope ride aboard a commercial space plane all the more compelling an idea.READ»
Screw austerity: Science spending in the European Union is about to get a huge boost, at the expense of farming subsidies. The move is an acknowledgment that only by spending money on innovation and future tech can income growth be assured. READ»
NASA is considering student-designed experiments for its SPHERES robots, the best of which will get tested aboard the International Space Station. How's that for good PR?READ»
Behold the halo effect of the new commercial space biz: Zero-G, a company that specializes in flying passengers on modified jets to simulate orbital weightlessness, just got approval to train passengers and crew for simple spaceflight.READ»
As NASA settles for a tried and trusted solution, Britain's plans for a next-gen Space Shuttle inch forward with the Skylon: A black, future-tech spaceplane that absolutely looks the part.READ»
