Figure Helix Vision Language Action Model Humanoid Robots
Figure’s Helix is a new Vision-Language-Action (VLA) model that can help the company’s robots pick up nearly any small household object, including various items they have never encountered before, simply by following natural language prompts. This model basically unifies perception, language understanding, and learned control to overcome multiple longstanding challenges in robotics.

NASA PUNCH Mission Sun Corona Solar Wind
Photo credit: USSF 30th Space Wing | Alex Valdez
NASA’s PUNCH mission is set to explore the mysteries of the Sun’s corona and most importantly, solar wind. It will launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California no later than Feb. 28, 2025, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and provide scientists with new information about how potentially disruptive solar events form as well as evolve.