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The Jet Propulsion Laboratory or JPL for short is a government funded research and development center and NASA field center for robotic exploration of the solar system.
- Curiosity Rover Takes “selfie†On Mars!
As far as extreme off-roading goes, it currently doesn’t get much further away from our roads than the planet Mars. The planet is currently only populated with robots, one of which is the super-advanced Curiosity rover. Read more »...
- Kahn Says This Defender Is Probably The Fastest Land Rover In The World
Kahn is making a pretty big statement with this heavily modified Defender dubbed 'Chelsea Longnose' that comes with a 495bhp V8 engine, as the British tuner is claiming that it's "probably the fastest Land Rover on the planet",...
- Report Says U.s. Automobile Sector Contributed $135 Billion In Taxes In 2010
It’s no secret that the motor vehicle sector is the largest manufacturing industry in the United States, but how big is it in terms of state and federal tax revenues? This is a question the Center for Automotive Research (CAR), a nonprofit research...
- Video: 40 Years Of The Range Rover In 1:40 Minutes
On 17 June, 2010, the Range Rover nameplate will be 40 years old and as part of the celebrations, Land Rover has released a short video showing all three generations of the luxury 4x4. "Land Rover has a unique history of product innovation,"...
- Gm Teams Up With Nasa To Create Robonaut R2 For International Space Station
NASA plans on solving the aging-astronaut problem by partnering with GM to create the Robonaut 2 (or R2), a new "permanent resident of the International Space Station". R2 is the result of a co-op between NASA and GM to create a robotic assistant...
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The Jet Propulsion Laboratory or JPL for short is a government funded research and development center and NASA field center for robotic exploration of the solar system.
Among JPL's most prominent projects is the Mars' Curiosity rover that was launched by NASA on November 26, 2011, and is scheduled to land on the "Red Planet" on August 6, 2012.
Decked out with state-of-the-art equipment, the rover's task will be to scour the planet's surface to look for past or present life, study the geology and collect data.
Read more »- Curiosity Rover Takes “selfie†On Mars!
As far as extreme off-roading goes, it currently doesn’t get much further away from our roads than the planet Mars. The planet is currently only populated with robots, one of which is the super-advanced Curiosity rover. Read more »...
- Kahn Says This Defender Is Probably The Fastest Land Rover In The World
Kahn is making a pretty big statement with this heavily modified Defender dubbed 'Chelsea Longnose' that comes with a 495bhp V8 engine, as the British tuner is claiming that it's "probably the fastest Land Rover on the planet",...
- Report Says U.s. Automobile Sector Contributed $135 Billion In Taxes In 2010
It’s no secret that the motor vehicle sector is the largest manufacturing industry in the United States, but how big is it in terms of state and federal tax revenues? This is a question the Center for Automotive Research (CAR), a nonprofit research...
- Video: 40 Years Of The Range Rover In 1:40 Minutes
On 17 June, 2010, the Range Rover nameplate will be 40 years old and as part of the celebrations, Land Rover has released a short video showing all three generations of the luxury 4x4. "Land Rover has a unique history of product innovation,"...
- Gm Teams Up With Nasa To Create Robonaut R2 For International Space Station
NASA plans on solving the aging-astronaut problem by partnering with GM to create the Robonaut 2 (or R2), a new "permanent resident of the International Space Station". R2 is the result of a co-op between NASA and GM to create a robotic assistant...