The MIT Space Systems Laboratory developed the SPHERES laboratory environment to provide DARPA, NASA, and other researchers with a long term, replenishable, and upgradable testbed for the validation of high risk metrology, control, and autonomy technologies for use in formation flight and autnom...
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Outer space is open for business. From orbits 36000 km away, satellites run our daily lives. They see and hear everything. But this booming $50 billion dollar a year industry is virtually unregulated. Space has become the exclusive domain of the biggest and strongest with America, Russia and Chi...
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In spring 2000, 13 graduating MIT seniors developed and tested three mini-satellites that could lead the way to similar devices that fly in formation, much like Thunderbirds in an Air Force show. The range of potential applications includes a space telescope more powerful than the Hubble. The sa...
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On 2009-08-15 the MIT SPHERES Team held is 18th Test Session with astronauts Michael Barratt and Timothy Kopra operating our satellites aboard the International Space Station. The SPHERES program (http://ssl.mit.edu/spheres) operates nano-satellites aboard the ISS in order to help mature control ...
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http://video.news.sky.com/skynews/video/ Scientists are warning Antarctica's ice sheets are at greater risk than previously thought. It's been discovered the temperature in the region is rising at a faster rate. Sky's Environment Correspondent Catherine Jacob explains.
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WIRED SCIENCE travels to Vermont to watch as sensors are placed on a bridge to monitor the health of the structure; Ziya Tong examines restless leg syndrome; Rocky Roccanova, CEO of TouchTable, Inc., demonstrates TouchTable’s interactive interface; Adam Rogers looks into purchasing his own satel...
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