Amazon's Newest Robot

On June 22nd, 2022, Amazon announced that it has developed its first "fully autonomous mobile robot." The robot is named Proteus, and its purpose is to move large carts around Amazon's warehouses. The company says that Proteus can safely navagate around human beings as it maneuvers the carts into their assigned locations. Proteus is part of Amazon's plan to automate the handling of GoCarts so that human employees no longer have to handle heavy packages.

According to Amazon, Proteus will achieve its assignments through the use of what they are calling, advanced safety, perception, and navagation technology. The robot moves to a cart that is to be moved and slides underneath it. It then shines a green light out ahead of it. If as it travels, it encounters a human being, it will stop and only resume on its path when the human is no longer there. Amazon intends to use Proteus in its fullfillment centers, but has not givn a date for the robot's deployment. 

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NASA's New Spacecraft Docks At ISS

On Friday May 20th, 2022, NASA's new spacecraft called Starliner, succesfully docked with the ISS (International Space Station). The capsule was unmanned as part of a test flight, before crewed flights begin. The new vehicle, which is designed and built by Boeing, made this flight after its first unsuccessful attempt back in 2019. The new vehicle also had a flawless launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Thursday May 19th at 6:54 pm, aboard a United Launch Aliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket.

While the launch was successful, there were main thruster and cooling system issues that occurred just after orbit, neither prevented the Starliner from docking with the ISS. The capsule carried with it food and supplies for the astronauts aboard the space staion. Starliner is shceduled to remain docked at the ISS for four to five days. After which, it wil return to Earth and land in the New Mexico desert. If the landing is successful, the possibility of crewed missions could begin in the fall of 2022.

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Evidence of Early Man 23,000 Years Ago in North America

On September 23rd 2021, researchers at th U S Geological Survey, announced that they had discovered human foot prints that date back to 23,000 years. The prints, which were fossilized, were found in 2009, in  White Sands Park, in New Mexico. The scientists believe that the foot prints were made by several individuals, most likely teenagers and children. A date for the find was made possible by testing some seeds that were found on top of some of the foot prints.

Most researchers had believed that humans had first come to North America via a land bridge that once connected Asia to Alaska, 13 to 15,000 years ago. This discovery, which was published in the Journal Science, provides a timeline for the arrival of humans in North America that took place before the end of the last ice age. Foot prints of animals initerspersed with the human footprints suggest to the scientists that the ancient humans may have lived in the area of the find for some 2,000 years.

Preserverance Gets First Rock Sample

On September 7th 2021, NASA announced that its Preserverance Rover had successfully captured its first sample of Martian rock. The actual grab, which was the second of two, took place in an attemp that took place on September 1st. The first attempted sample was lost back in August when the rock that was gathered crumbled into dust. The second sample was taken from a much sterner piece of rock that the scientists nicknamed Rochette.

The sample is the first of many, which will be stored inside Preserverance until a future mission will go to Mars and retrieve them. Peserverance landed on Mars in February 2021, in the Jezero Crater meterorite impact zone. This area is believed to possess basalt rock, which is evidence of volcanic activity. Scientist hope that an exploration of this area may also reveal layers, that may have been caused by wind and/or water erosion, or volcanic erruptions.