Launching 10,000 tiny 'femtosats' to Saturn? NASA funds 18 futuristic spaceflight ideas - Space

The hand-shaped robot was tested on 14 different terrains and can easily recover from a fall and lift itself up right from a flat position Halloween is just around the corner, which means it’s the perfect time to present another undeniably spooky robot. Or, more specifically, an Addams Family-inspired detached robot hand. Like its gothic sitcom predecessor, this fully articulated appendage can balance on its own fingertips and creep around. This horror hand goes a step further, though. It has enough finesse to tap keyboard keys, push small objects, and even play a rudimentary computer game all while balancing on its remaining fingers. And good luck trying to swat this Thing doppelgänger away. It can easily recover from a fall and lift itself up right from a flat position.

Once upon a time — April, in fact — they went to the Moon. Now, they'll never leave home again. As of Tuesday, all four Artemis II astronauts have announced new life plans, and returning to the void of space isn't in any of them. It's a shame that NASA (and its Canadian cousin the CSA) will be losing this level of talent and experience from its active duty astronaut program. At the same time, these four brave humans accomplished an extraordinary achievement in the flight around the Moon, and that's as good a time as any to move on to new things. Remember that the Orion space capsule, which they lived in for 10 days, is essentially just two small rooms stacked on top of each other. That's a long time to share space with other people, in a place without showers, high-end meals, family, trees, or daylight. Plus, if anything were to go wrong, you'd die in the vacuum of space. No pressure, then (certainly not in the vacuum of space). Would you want to do that twice? Probably not. With that experience behind them, it can't be too surprising that they're ready to hang up the gloves. So, what is an astronaut to do if not floating around in microgravity?

Classic gems, tasteful customs, legendary supercars - for Silvian, they're all fair game. He's been in love with cars and motorcycles for as long as he can remember, so it made perfect sense to eventually turn that passion into a full-time writing career. Around six years and more than 3,000 articles later, he is still going strong and doesn't plan on hitting the brakes anytime soon. Argentina is a country known for its natural beauty, soccer legends, and chainsaw-wielding president, but it probably isn’t the first place you’d expect a rad V8 supercar to be developed. However, that assumption might change once you learn about a company called Valtor, the brainchild of engineer-turned-CEO Sergio Arias. He leads a small but ambitious team of designers and engineers like himself, who’d previously caught people’s attention with the Azor GT concept last year. Now they’re back at it once again with the Eaglon, an evolution of the Azor and something that could easily be mistaken for a Ferrari by those who don’t know their automotive lore.