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The eight-legged robot from a German and American research team has to venture 25 miles autonomously into the Mojave Desert and return safely. The Scorpion Project, complete with imager in its tail, is this week's selection for the Extreme Explorer's Hall of Fame.
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Friday, August 29, 2003
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Fixed wing flyers are difficult to build as Martian roving vehicles. But this week's Extreme Explorer tries to learn from the terrestrial insect world, and employs a chemical power source to drive wings that flap and steer. Named the Entomopter, after it's insect-like (ento-) chopping motion, it features low-ground speed which means the Martian surface would not just be a blur in the camera. This week's entry in the Extreme Explorer's Hall of Fame is called the Entomopter.
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Tuesday, August 26, 2003
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This is the second in a series of articles on a research project, Life in the Atacama, that recently began in Chile's Atacama desert. This article will focus on the innovative Hyperion rover that is being used in the project, a rover designed to travel for great distances, collecting scientific samples along the way, without human intervention. The first article in the series discussed the unique habitats for life that exist in the Atacama. The final article will focus on a new life-detection instrument being developed as part of Hyperion's payload.
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Sunday, July 13, 2003
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The final mission in the blitz to Mars successfully left on its six month mission to look for signs of a watery past in the geology of the Red Planet. The spacecraft, called 'Opportunity', joins this summer's flurry, including 'Spirit' (NASA), 'Beagle' (ESA), and 'Nozomi' (Planet-B, Japan). Each probe will take advantage of a unique proximity between Earth and Mars.
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Friday, July 11, 2003
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Scientists discuss the importance and the possible risks of seeding the Red Planet.
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Friday, June 13, 2003
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Diving near the North Atlantic ridge, a team of 24 scientists have begun exploring the deep, hot vents where the Earth's inner mantle meets the crust. Their spectacular world --discovered just two years ago--will be chronicled in their online journal account, the Atlantis Diaries.
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Tuesday, June 10, 2003
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Using a technique called Raman spectroscopy, researchers are developing instruments that may one day search for life on Mars, Europa, or Callisto.
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Sunday, June 08, 2003
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