Mountaineer Area Robotics (MARS) and Fairmont State University have partnered to bring the world’s only high school endurance robotics competition to Fairmont, today through Saturday. Lasting a […]
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How does your garden grow? On the moon, pretty well (if Westwood Middle students have anything to do with it)
That’s one small step for interstellar irrigation … one giant leap for space-spinach, to be. “Took us a couple of days,” Will Bolyard said. “Then it was […]
From mountains to Mars: W.Va.’s brightest stars
Shooting for the stars West Virginia University’s robotics team is out of this world — almost literally. Team Mountaineers faced off against dozens of teams from 10 […]
Fly to Mars? Maybe. But why?
by John M. Crisp Last week NASA announced the names of the four astronauts who will crew Artemis II, a 10-day mission planned for November 2024. The […]
Morgantown high schoolers named finalists in MIT tech competition
The collapse of a fully occupied condominium in Florida two years ago. The major earthquake that shook parts of Syria and Turkey two weeks ago. No matter […]
Researcher explains role on Mars Mission
BY MIKE NOLTING Over the last year, West Virginia University geologist Kathy Benison has been part of the team guiding the work of the Mars 2020 Mission […]
Quality education is how W.Va. climbs the ranks
It wasn’t a revolutionary announcement. Or maybe it was. West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission has made robotics a recognized co-curricular activity, like football and marching band. […]
Lesson of a little helicopter on Mars
The little helicopter weighs only 4 pounds, and its first flight lasted a mere 30 seconds and reached an altitude of only 10 feet. But it did […]
New Space Age hampered by old tech
by Andrew Holland and Stephane Lintner The world is entering an exciting new Space Age. Where once the superpowers competed in a space race to the moon, […]
