Parachutes Part Of Launch Or Ascent Emergency System
Engineers and safety specialists from NASA and Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) gathered in Morro Bay, CA, in late December to demonstrate how the company's Dragon spacecraft's parachute system would function in the event of an emergency on the launch pad or during ascent.
Software Developed By High School Students To Be Uploaded To ISS
NASA participated in the fifth annual Zero Robotics SPHERES Challenge Friday, Jan. 17, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) campus in Cambridge, MA. The agency joined in the event with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, MIT, the European Space Agency, the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space, IT consulting firm Appirio, and high school student teams from the United States and abroad.
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