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A solar-powered aircraft being developed by a University of Miami aerospace engineer could fly on Mars to help answers questions about the red planet.

The next space explorers are looking past the Moon and Mars.

CNN reports that a professor and his students at Stanfords Autonomous Systems Lab have received "phase II" funding from NASAs Innovative Advanced Concepts Program (which supports space robotics research) after proving the feasibility of their plan for robots to crawl through space caves. "The te...

Long-distance ocean travel began with watercraft using zero-emission propulsion systems. Gigantic sails harnessed the power of the wind. As technology developed, oceangoing craft switched to fossil-fuel-based propulsion. Fascinatingly, spacecraft may be taking the opposite trajectory: Our first rockets traveled through space by burning fuel, but now NASA is

NASA researchers are plotting out how robots could build a radio telescope inside a moon crater. It would show the universe in new wavelengths.

Lal was named as the acting chief of staff. As the senior White House appointee at NASA, Lal served as a member of the Biden Presidential Transition Agency Review Team for the agency and oversaw the agency’s transition under the administration of President Joe Biden, according to her bio. Lal brings extensive experience in engineering and space technology, serving as a member of the research staff at the Institute for Defense Analyses Science and Technology Policy Institute from 2005 to 20...

Bhavya Lal, the Indian-American scientist who oversaw NASAs transition under President Joe Bidens administration, has been appointed as the Acting Chief of Staff of the US space agency. According to NASA, Lal brings "extensive experience" in engineering and space technology, serving as a member of the research staff at the Institute for Defence Analyses Science and Technology Policy Institute (STPI) from 2005 to 2020. There, she led the analysis of space technology, strategy, and policy for ...

Indian-American appointed as NASA Acting Chief of Staff IANS/Washington Photo: Twitter Bhavya Lal served as a member of Biden Presidential Transition team. Bhavya Lal, the Indian-American scientist who oversaw NASA’s transition under President Joe Biden’s administration, has been appointed as the Acting Chief of Staff of the US space agency. According to NASA, Lal brings “extensive experience” in engineering and space technology, serving as a member of the research staff at the Institu...

Press release content from PR Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. NASA Names Leaders to Key Agency Roles February 1, 2021 GMT NASA Logo. (PRNewsFoto/NASA) (PRNewsFoto/) (PRNewsfoto/NASA) WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA has named appointees for senior agency positions. Bhavya Lal joins the agency as acting chief of staff, Phillip Thompson will serve as White House liaison, Alicia Brown will serve as associate administrator for the Office of Legislative and...