Future space colonists will need pollinators to grow food on the moon and Mars. But first scientists need to figure out how to keep them alive.
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NASA’s Next Martian Rover Is Almost Ready to Rock
The all-terrain bot will use its 7-foot-long, turret-tipped arm to drill core samples from the red planet’s surface, searching for signs of life.
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A New Kind of Space Camp Teaches the Art of Martian Medicine
Enrollees—mainly engineers and health workers—pretend to live on Mars, wear spacesuits, and ride in ATVs as medical disasters crop up around them.
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Students’ 3D-printed fungarium and Martian mini-farm win NASA ‘Star Trek Replicator Challenge’
NASA believes the children are our future. Why else would it ask them for ideas about how to feed astronauts in 2050? The nationwide “Star Trek Replicator” contest that began in February has spawned hundreds of 3D printable ideas, and the winners have just been announced: a housing for radiation-loving fungi and a tiny farm for Martian pioneers. Read More
This Roving Robot Makes Its Own Martian Landing Pad
Robots will soon be heading into space before us in order to feel things out, prepare living spaces, and set up booze delivery services. But first we have to land on the planet in question which is where PISCES Helelani shines. This rover is designed to land on a planet and prepare a surface for future rockets to alight. The rover, which includes a shovel and robotic arm, can clear a patch of… Read More