Students program ISS robots in NASA/MIT contest

NASA and MIT are sponsoring the Zero Robotics competition in which high school students are challenged to program small robotic modules that are aboard the ISS: NASA Announces High School Competition for Future Engineers: Teams to Design Software for Small Satellites on the International Space Station - NASA (via Spacevidcast)

NASA is challenging high school teams to design software to program small satellites aboard the International Space Station. The competition centers on the Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites, or SPHERES.

SPHERES are bowling ball-sized spherical satellites used to test maneuvers for spacecraft performing autonomous rendezvous and docking. Three of these satellites fly inside the station's cabin. Each is self-contained with power, propulsion, computing and navigation equipment.

Posted 08/26/10 | 12:13:07 by TopSpacer | Filed under: Contests and Games

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