Benjamin Hockman

Robotics technologist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory proposing robotic concepts including Gravity Poppers (swarms of tiny hopping probes for asteroid interior mapping) and a tethered Venus balloon tow-body for surface imaging.

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Oct 22, 2025 • 1h 2min

2025 NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts Symposium: Part 2 — Hopping robots and the search for exoplanet magnetospheres

Join Mary Knapp, a research scientist at MIT leading the GOLO project, as she explores using space-based radio arrays to study exoplanet magnetic fields. Michael Hecht shares his innovative electrolysis techniques to transform Venus’s atmosphere into fuel for exploration. Robotics technologist Benjamin Hockman discusses Gravity Poppers, tiny probes for asteroid mapping, alongside a tethered balloon for imaging Venus's surface. Justin Yim introduces LEAP, a hopping robot designed to sample Enceladus’s plumes, revealing exciting potential in the search for extraterrestrial life!

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