Video by Leonard Pieton | U.S. Naval Research Laboratory | 09.08.2025
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), in collaboration with NASA, is advancing space robotics by deploying reinforcement learning algorithms onto Astrobee, a free-flying robotic assistant on board the International space station. This video highlights how NRL researchers are leveraging artificial intelligence to enable robots to learn, adapt, and perform tasks autonomously. By integrating......
Video by Staff Sgt. Thomas Calvert | Defense Media Activity - Army Productions | 10.07.2024
Oct. 4, 2024 - Oct. 10, 2024 is World Space Week! What better way to participate than watch our latest My Army Story video as Colonel Frank Rubio discusses the challenges and opportunities the U.S. Army has provided for him. Rubio has been a Blackhawk Helicopter Pilot, an Army Surgeon, and a U.S. Astronaut. He spent 371 days aboard the International Space Station from 2022-2023, breaking......
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Devin Kates | Expeditionary Strike Group 3 | 12.11.2022
PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 11, 2022) U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned embarked aboard amphibious transport dock USS Portland (LPD 27) release a weather balloon in support of the NASA Artemis I Orion capsule recovery, Dec. 11, 2022. Portland, along with Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Montgomery (LCS 8), is underway in U.S. 3rd Fleet in support of the recovery. The retrieval operation is......
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Devin Kates | Expeditionary Strike Group 3 | 12.11.2022
PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 11, 2022) Amphibious transport dock USS Portland (LPD 27) and Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Montgomery (LCS 8) are underway in U.S. 3rd Fleet in support of the NASA Artemis I Orion spacecraft recovery, Dec. 11, 2022, following its mission to the moon. The retrieval operation is part of a Department of Defense effort that integrates combatant command service......
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Devin Kates | Expeditionary Strike Group 3 | 12.11.2022
PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 11, 2022) MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopters assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 and embarked aboard amphibious transport dock USS Portland (LPD 27) support the NASA Artemis I Orion spacecraft recovery, Dec. 11, 2022. Portland, along with Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Montgomery (LCS 8), is underway in U.S. 3rd Fleet in support of the recovery. The......
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Devin Kates | Expeditionary Strike Group 3 | 12.11.2022
221211-N-VQ947-3043 PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 11, 2022) Sailors from Navy Expeditionary Combat Command's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Expeditionary Support Unit One and amphibious transport dock USS Portland (LPD 27) use a line load attenuating mechanism assembly to recover the NASA Artemis I Orion spacecraft, Dec. 11, 2022. Portland, along with Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS......
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Devin Kates | Expeditionary Strike Group 3 | 12.11.2022
221211-N-VQ947-1006 PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 11, 2022) Navy Divers attached to Navy Expeditionary Combat Command's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Expeditionary Support Unit One recover the NASA Artemis I Orion spacecraft, Dec. 11, 2022. Amphibious transport dock USS Portland (LPD 27), along with Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Montgomery (LCS 8), is underway in U.S. 3rd Fleet in support......
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Devin Kates | Expeditionary Strike Group 3 | 12.11.2022
221211-N-VQ947-1006 PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 11, 2022) Navy Divers assigned to Navy Expeditionary Combat Command's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Expeditionary Support Unit One (EODESU-1) use combat rubber raiding craft and rigid-hull inflatable boats to recover the NASA Artemis I Orion spacecraft, Dec. 11, 2022. Amphibious transport dock USS Portland (LPD 27), along with Independence-variant littoral......
