Salamanders can navigate complex and unstructured environments thanks to their impressive body-limb coordination. Researchers have built a model that mimics a salamander's walk with the hope it aids the development of agile and adaptive robots that can flexibly change their body-limb coordination.

Portal origin URL: NASA Begins Launch Preparations for First Mission to the Trojan Asteroids Portal origin nid: 472969 Published: Monday, August 2, 2021 - 12:14 Featured (stick to top of list): no Portal text teaser: NASA's first spacecraft to explore the Trojan asteroids arrived Friday, July 30, at the agency's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. It is now in a cleanroom at nearby Astrotech, ready to begin final preparations for its October launch. Portal image: back end of grey plane on ...

United Launch Alliance is set to transfer an Atlas 5 rocket and Boeing's Starliner spacecraft back to their launch pad at Cape Canaveral Monday, following a rollback into the Atlas 5's integration hangar last week for safekeeping. The rollout is in preparation for launch of the Starliner Orbital Flight Test-2 mission Tuesday at 1:20 p.m. EDT (1730 GMT).