NASA's Astrobee robot flies home to International Space Station …
Oct 11, 2023 · NASA's yellow robotic bee is back at its space hive. The yellow Astrobee free-flying robot, part of a set of three, is safely working on the International Space Station (ISS) after...
NASA Celebrates Three Years of Astrobees Buzzing on Space …
Apr 27, 2022 · NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough poses aboard the International Space Station with all three Astrobee robotic free-flyers. Three years ago, a pair of robots were launched to the International Space Station to help pave the way for the future of robotics and autonomous systems in space.
This is what happened when NASA took bees into space
Feb 23, 2016 · On their first day in space, “some bees attempted to fly, but collided with the chamber walls,” but by the end of the seven-day mission, the bees were showing "complete adaptation to microgravity” while they were able to produce honeycomb, with the queen laying around 30 eggs - although none managed to hatch.
Hive Minds and Drones: Bees in Space in Real Life and in Science ...
Space bees called Mellifera (originating from a futuristic human-less Earth) live in hives and labor endlessly, traveling into space, until they are too exhausted to do more than hibernate in the board game Apiary.
Explained: The Physics-Defying Flight of the Bumblebee
Feb 25, 2011 · Bees have surprisingly fast color vision, about 3 to 4 times faster than that of humans depending on how it's measured, a new study finds. CREDIT: dreamstime. Short and stubby, the bumblebee...
Bees in Space: Studying Bee Behavior in Microgravity
We know bees make honey by collecting nectar from flowers, but in space, there’s a slight twist. In microgravity, liquids behave differently, forming floating bubbles. This means bees might face challenges storing nectar and turning it into honey.
Astrobee - NASA
Feb 23, 2024 · Astrobee, NASA’s new free-flying robotic system, will help astronauts reduce time they spend on routine duties, leaving them to focus more on the things that only humans can do.
All the buzz about NASA’s new fleet of space bees - Popular Science
May 21, 2019 · Robot bees are no replacement for our vital pollinators here on Earth. Up on the International Space Station, however, robots bearing the bee name could help spacefaring humans save precious...
NASA to enhance free-flying robot ‘bees’ at International Space …
Aug 30, 2024 · The battery-powered robots in the Astrobee system fly around the space station’s modules using electric fans for propulsion and ‘see’ their surroundings using lights, cameras, and other sensors.
NASA Celebrates 3 Years of Astrobee Robotic Free-Flyers Buzzing …
May 2, 2022 · Astrobee is a free-flying robot system for the International Space Station. Designed and built at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, the system will be used to help scientists and engineers develop and test technologies for use in zero-gravity.