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NASA Awards Space Robot R&D Projects to MIT, Northeastern

2015-11-20 16:00:00| TechNewsWorld

NASA on Tuesday announced it has awarded one R5 humanoid robot each to MIT and Northeastern University to conduct research on adapting them for use in space. The universities were selected from U.S. entries in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Robotics Challenge held in June. Each team will receive up to $250,000 a year for two years. They also will get technical support from NASA.

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NASA to study how plants and oceans absorb carbon

2015-11-14 01:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Jagran Post: rowing carbon emissions have become a concern for ecologists across the world and if these ecosystems someday stop absorbing carbon, the effects of climate change could be much more severe, scientists said. NASA estimates that nearly half of the carbon emitted by humans is absorbed through these natural land and marine processes. But the agency is worried that it may change. As the carbon in the atmosphere warms up the climate, the heat may alter how marine and land ecosystem absorb carbon, The...

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NASA TV UHD satellite channel launches with Harmonic

2015-11-10 14:30:43| Digital TV News

Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) has announced that NASA TV UHD, the first consumer Ultra HD (UHD) channel in North America, is now available. Using a delivery system from Harmonic, NASA's ambient video channel provides linear 2160p60 video content.

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New NASA photos show massive rocket explosion in Virginia

2015-11-06 09:54:09| Grocery - Topix.net

The Cygnus spacecraft was filled... . This Tuesday Oct 28, 2014 photo provided by NASA shows the Orbital Antares rocket, after it suffered a catastrophic anomaly moments after launch at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

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