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NASA Turns to the Cloud for Help With Next-Generation Earth Missions

November 16, 2022
The cutting-edge Earth science satellites launching in the next couple of years will give more detailed views of our planet than ever before. We’ll be able to track small-scale ocean features like coastal currents that move nutrients vital to marine food webs, monitor how much fresh water flows through lakes and rivers, and spot movement in Earth’s surface of less than half an inch (a…
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Solar Electric Propulsion Makes NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft Go

November 16, 2022
When it comes time for NASA’s Psyche spacecraft to power itself through deep space, it’ll be more brain than brawn that does the work. Once the stuff of science fiction, the efficient and quiet power of electric propulsion will provide the force that propels the Psyche…
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Take a 3D Spin on Mars and Track NASA’s Perseverance Rover

November 16, 2022
It’s the next best thing to being on Mars: Two online interactive experiences let you check out Jezero Crater – the landing site and exploration locale for NASA’s Perseverance rover – without leaving our planet. One new experience, called “Explore with…
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Justin Simon Shepherds Perseverance Through First Phase of Martian Rock Sampling

November 16, 2022
The evening of Aug. 1 felt a lot like a birthday to NASA planetary scientist Justin Simon. On that night, Simon attended a virtual watch party for researchers preparing to use NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover to conduct the first detailed study of a candidate rock target for drilling and collecting a sample. Ready to unwrap presents, Simon and his fellow researchers anxiously refreshed their…
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NASA’s Perseverance Plans Next Sample Attempt

November 16, 2022
In its search for signs of ancient microbial life on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover is once again preparing to collect the first of many rock core samples that could eventually be brought to Earth for further study. This week, a tool on the rover’s 7-foot-long…
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One Year Out: NASA’s Psyche Mission Moves Closer to Launch

November 16, 2022
With NASA’s Psyche mission now less than a year from launch, anticipation is building. By next spring, the fully assembled spacecraft will ship from the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a launch…
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Polycade teams up with Atari to launch Web3 games and art collaboration

November 16, 2022
Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit Next 2022? All sessions are now available for viewing in our on-demand library. Click here to start watching. Polycade has made a new kind of arcade machine you can hang on a wall and it has teamed up with Atari to launch a Web3 art collaboration dubbed Polycade Limiteds. Portland, Oregon-based Polycade is creating a cultural crossover collaboration…
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Epic Games launches Unreal Engine 5.1

November 16, 2022
Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit Next 2022? All sessions are now available for viewing in our on-demand library. Click here to start watching. Epic Games is releasing Unreal Engine 5.1 today as an update to the game engine that it hopes will be used to build…
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Boston Dynamics sues rival Ghost Robotics for allegedly copying its robot dog

November 16, 2022
Competition in the robot dog market is getting ugly. As The Robot Report explains, Boston Dynamics is suing Ghost Robotics for allegedly infringing seven patents linked to its Spot quadruped. The Spirit 40 and Vision 60 (shown above) purportedly borrow key technologies from Spot, including systems for self-righting and climbing stairs. Boston Dynamics says it asked Ghost Robotics to review…
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