Curiosity Finds Strange Discs Before Its Next Mars Drill
Curiosity has photographed millimeter-scale disc-shaped features on Martian bedrock and is preparing a drill campaign to determine whether they formed from minerals or fragments of harder rock
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Texas A&M Drone Carries More Than Twice Its Own Weight
Texas A&M aerospace students flew a 50-pound battery-powered drone carrying 110 pounds over four nautical miles in 12 minutes at the first DARPA Lift Challenge, demonstrating the limits and promise of lightweight heavy-lift engineering.
NASA Partners Prepare Ground Tests for Crops on the Moon
NASA, the Canadian Space Agency, and the German Aerospace Center are coordinating preparatory work on an Earth-based lunar agriculture demonstrator designed to test crop production and resource recycling for longer missions.
UCSB Joins Three NSF Quantum Institutes in $290M Renewal
UC Santa Barbara researchers will participate in three NSF Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes within a $290 million, five-year portfolio spanning quantum hardware, manufacturing partnerships and workforce development.
