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AerospaceTopicSlideshowTypeSpecial Reports

A Dry Run at Mars

Scientists prepare for the challenges of sending humans to Mars by staging simulations right here on Earth

0 min read
space flighttype:slideshowMarsastronautsmanned spaceflight

Photo: Haughton-Mars Project
MARTIAN BASE CAMP: The Mars Society is not the only group conducting Mars simulation studies. The Mars Institute and SETI Institute built the Haughton-Mars Project (HMP) Research Station on Devon Island, a remote and inhospitable outpost in the Canadian Arctic Islands.
space flighttype:slideshowMarsastronautsmanned spaceflight
The Conversation (0)
A robotic servo on a gantry zip-tied to a pair of pruning shears hovers above a lush green garden plot.
RoboticsTopicTypeNews

Robot Passes Turing Test for Polyculture Gardening

3 min read
portrait of a man in a suit smiling at camera with both hands on top of gray and blue rectangles
The InstituteTopicTypeCareersProfile

The Relay That Changed the Power Industry

5 min read
A small flatscreen display a Pac-Man playfield. It is connected via a bundle of wires to a small circuit board covered by dual-in-line chips.
DIYTopicMagazineHands OnType

Wakka Wakka! This Turing Machine Plays Pac-Man

4 min read