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This Is Why You Should Take Lithium-Ion Battery Fires Very, Very Seriously
Back in June, after installing a new lithium-ion battery into its ape-inspired RoboSimian and plugging it into charge, researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory had their lunches cut short when the battery suddenly exploded in a spectacular fireball that completely torched the bot.
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Watch Mars Opportunity’s 11-Year Mission In Just 8 Minutes
In 2004, NASA landed its Opportunity rover on Mars. Initially intended to run for 90 days, it’s now spent 11 years trundling around the planet — in that time covering a distance of over 40km. Here, you can watch its multi-year marathon in just eight minutes.
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How NASA Plans To Explore Mars With Microsoft’s Holographic Goggles
During Microsoft’s demo of its fascinating holographic headset HoloLens today, the company barely mentioned the coolest way it’s already using it: to develop software with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory that will let scientists explore and work on the Red Planet remotely.
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NASA Made An Underground Water Map To See Just How Bad The US Drought Is
News about the drought that has engulfed most of the western United States continues to get worse. But how do we know how extensive the current megadrought is? We actually can measure from the sky, but not in the way you think.