Approaching the Ridgetop - "Bermuda Triangle" Ahead: Sols 3923-3925
Tuesday, 22 August 2023 09:14
Study explains how part of the nucleolus evolved
Tuesday, 22 August 2023 09:14
India announces schedule of Moon mission's soft landing
Tuesday, 22 August 2023 03:10
NASA SpaceX Crew-7 'Go' for August 25 Launch
Tuesday, 22 August 2023 03:10
A "Jupiter" hotter than the Sun
Tuesday, 22 August 2023 03:10
Size dependence and the collisional dynamics of protoplanetary dust growth
Tuesday, 22 August 2023 03:10
Rewriting the past and future of the universe
Tuesday, 22 August 2023 03:10
Ringing protons give insight into early universe
Tuesday, 22 August 2023 03:10
Pentagon awards contracts for next 'swarm' of tiny missile defense satellites
Tuesday, 22 August 2023 03:10
Listening for "sounds" from the far corners of space
Tuesday, 22 August 2023 03:10
Space travel depletes red blood cells and bone, but fats may help
Tuesday, 22 August 2023 03:10
Eutelsat’s OneWeb merger now just pending shareholder vote
Monday, 21 August 2023 20:12

India hopes to be first nation to land on south pole of moon later this week
Monday, 21 August 2023 18:11
Russia's space agency head vows to continue Moon race
Monday, 21 August 2023 18:11
A maglev system on the moon could make lunar logistics a breeze
Monday, 21 August 2023 16:44
Maglevs are one of those technologies that still look like magic, even years after they were initially rolled out. While they have long been a workhorse of the transportation systems of some major cities, they don't often impact the day-to-day lives of people who don't use them to commute. But, they might be invaluable in another setting—lunar exploration. There's an ongoing debate about the best way to shuttle stuff around on the moon's surface, and a team from JPL and a company called SRI International think they have a solution—deploy a maglev track on the moon.
The project, known as the Flexible Levitation on a Track (FLOAT) system, is simple in concept. It is based on a concept developed at SRI that showcases the ability to float small robots over a platform and precisely control their movements using a form of magnetic levitation. Scale-wise, as seen in the video below, the technology so far is still small.