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AerospaceTopicSlideshowTypeSpecial Reports

A Team of Engineers, a Hardy Robot, the Moon

A day in the life of a Carnegie Mellon robotics team-and its lunar rover

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Photo: Bill Cramer/Wonderful Machine
MEN AND MACHINE: Astrobotic team members [from left] Nisarg Kothari, James Lee, Ross Finman [foreground], Ethan Minogue, and Charlie Munoz gather for a test run of the rover. The plan is to go through several design iterations, evaluating prototypes until the final rover emerges. <
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An aerial shot shows dirt roads criss crossing a landscape with mines and mountains. Many large buildings that are small in the overview show the immense scale of the operation.
SemiconductorsTopicTypeComputingNews

The Coming Boom in Rare Earths

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black and blue stacked images on top of an aerial view of a lake area
Climate TechTopicTypeNewsTelecommunications

When Waters Rise, Satellites Now Lag

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