{"id":677,"date":"2013-04-24T11:36:27","date_gmt":"2013-04-24T18:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/thisisus\/?p=677"},"modified":"2013-04-24T11:36:27","modified_gmt":"2013-04-24T18:36:27","slug":"terry-fong-is-leading-nasas-new-push-into-space-exploration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/thisisus\/2013\/04\/24\/terry-fong-is-leading-nasas-new-push-into-space-exploration\/","title":{"rendered":"Terry Fong is Leading NASA\u2019s New Push into Space Exploration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oPUAgEWD3Go\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Terry Fong is leading NASA\u2019s new push into space exploration.  Long gone is its legendary space shuttle program.  The future belongs to Terry\u2019s Robotics Intelligence Group.  His team designs everything from land rovers to droids that help astronauts aboard the International Space Station.  We\u2019ll step inside the lab where they\u2019re creating NASA\u2019s latest robots. Astronauts aboard the ISS will soon operate one of these robots while its stationed at Moffett Field.  It\u2019s a challenging job, but Terry wouldn\u2019t have it any other way. \u201cThe first thing I want to do, even before breakfast, is get to work,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Terry Fong is leading NASA\u2019s new push into space exploration. Long gone is its legendary space shuttle program. The future belongs to Terry\u2019s Robotics Intelligence Group. His team designs everything from land rovers to droids that help astronauts aboard the International Space Station. We\u2019ll step inside the lab where they\u2019re creating NASA\u2019s latest robots. 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