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This Sliding Bar can be switched on or off in theme options, and can take any widget you throw at it or even fill it with your custom HTML Code. Its perfect for grabbing the attention of your viewers. Choose between 1, 2, 3 or 4 columns, set the background color, widget divider color, activate transparency, a top border or fully disable it on desktop and mobile.

About Mauricio Coen

Mauricio Coen is a PhD student in the Aerospace Engineering Department at Texas A&M, under adviser Greg Chamitoff. He manages the ASTRO Center website.

Texas A&M Hosts Texas’ Zero Robotics Teams for Final Event

By |October 11th, 2016|ASTRO News|

The finalist teams from each state. Texas A&M University invited 5 Zero Robotics Middle Schools to Johnson Space Center for the Final Event, held August 12th 2016. The winning teams from each state were able to participate in the Final Event, with their code being uploaded to the real SPHERES aboard the International Space Station. The [...]

2016 Zero Robotics Middle School Program Announced!

By |March 9th, 2016|ASTRO News|

The Zero Robotics Middle School Program is officially a go for 2016! The ASTRO Center and PK-12 Engineering Education Outreach will be supporting the Texas teams with financial assistance and educational outreach for the team leaders and students. In addition, there will be assistance with setting up field trips to Aerospace corporations and institutions. This will [...]

AggieSat4 carrying Bevo-2 Successfully Deployed from International Space Station

By |March 4th, 2016|ASTRO News|

The AggieSat4 (AGS4) satellite carrying Bevo-2 was unpacked and assembled aboard the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday (Jan. 27), and was released into outer space on Friday (Jan. 29). AggieSat4 launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida for the ISS on December 2015. AGS4 drifting away from the ISS. This successful [...]

AIRUS breaks record: Students fly Unmanned Aerial System from across the world

By |December 20th, 2015|ASTRO News|

One of the quadrotors during assembly. On Dec. 5 2015, the Aerial International Robotic Racing of Unmanned Systems (AIRUS) broke a record for longest distance between a remotely operated civilian Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) which is sometimes referred to as a drone, and its pilot. Students from Texas A&M University landed an unmanned aerial system on [...]

First Round of Qualifiers for Aerial International Race of Unmanned Systems

By |November 15th, 2015|ASTRO News|

The first round of the new, upcoming Aerial International Race of Unmanned Systems (AIRUS) was held Saturday November 14th at the courtyard of the Harvey R. "Bum" Bright Building. The competition involved more than 15 entrants, out of which a few select number of those will qualify for the second round of qualifying. The pilots raced a [...]

Made in Space design challenge held at Texas A&M

By |September 10th, 2015|ASTRO News|

This fall, the ASTRO Center and the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University partnered with Made in Space to take advantage of the 3-D printer aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Made in Space is a San Francisco based startup that focuses on additive manufacturing, which launched a 3-D printer to the ISS in September 2014.  The company [...]

Zero Robotics program holds final competition aboard ISS

By |September 1st, 2015|ASTRO News|

The Zero Robotics Middle School Summer Program will hold its final competition on board the International Space Station (ISS) at the Johnson Space Center in Houston on Friday (Aug. 14). The Zero Robotics (ZR) program is a programming competition where SPHERES satellites (robots) inside the ISS are controlled by programs developed by students. The Texas [...]

Zero Robotics Final Competition

By |October 26th, 2014|ASTRO News|

The Zero Robotics Middle School Summer Program held its final competition Aug. 15 on board the International Space Station (ISS) at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. The Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), the Dwight Look College of Engineering and the Texas Partnership for Out of School Time were the statewide sponsors for the [...]

TEES Advisory Board Meeting Poster

By |June 5th, 2014|ASTRO News, Conferences|

Zero Robotics comes to Texas!

By |June 4th, 2014|ASTRO News|

The Zero Robotics Middle School Summer Program is coming to Texas! Dr. Greg Chamitoff, Professor of Practice in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, and the Dwight Look College of Engineering are helping to bring the Zero Robotics Program for middle school kids to Texas for the first time. Dr. Dave Hyland, Professor in the Department [...]