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Luna-25 Has Crashed On The Moon
Luna-25 Has Crashed On The Moon

Keith’s note: Russia has lost the Luna-25 spacecraft which crashed on the Moon after a propulsion event went wrong. Roscosmos has confirmed the loss via Telegram (translation) “On August 19, in accordance with the flight program of the Luna-25 spacecraft, an impulse was provided for the formation of its pre-landing elliptical orbit. At about 14:57 Moscow time, communication with the Luna-25 spacecraft was interrupted. The measures taken on August 19 and 20 to search for the device and get into contact with it did not produce any results. According to the results of a preliminary analysis, due to the deviation of the actual parameters of the impulse from the calculated ones, the device switched to an off-design orbit and ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the lunar surface. A specially formed interdepartmental commission will deal with the issues of clarifying the reasons for the loss of the Moon.” More. Update: I just did an interview on Deutsche Welle TV about this [Audio] [Video from DW]

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  • NASA Watch
  • August 20, 2023
NASA Future In-Space Operations: Satellite Servicing

NASA Future In-Space Operations: NASA Satellite Servicing Evolution Now available is the January 11, 2017 NASA Future In-Space Operations (FISO) telecon material. The speaker was Ben Reed (NASA GSFC) who presented “NASA Satellite Servicing Evolution.” Note: The audio file and presentation are online and available to download.

  • NASA Watch
  • January 12, 2017
Future In-Space Operations: XISP Management Operations Control Applications (MOCA)
Future In-Space Operations: XISP Management Operations Control Applications (MOCA)

NASA FISO Presentation: Near Real-Time State Models – a Foundational Technology for Space Automation and Robotics, SpaceRef “Now available is the June 22, 2016 NASA Future In-Space Operations (FISO) telecon material. The speaker was Gary Barnhard of Xtraordinary Innovative Space Partnerships, Inc. (XISP-Inc) who discussed Near Real-Time State Models – a Foundational Technology for Space Automation and Robotics.” Includes: Presentation and audio recording of the telecon.

  • NASA Watch
  • August 1, 2016
Is JSC's R5 Droid Worth Fixing?
Is JSC's R5 Droid Worth Fixing?

NASA wants to make a C-3PO to help colonize Mars, which may not be a super idea, Wired “OK, but why use a bipedal robot at all? “We’re talking about sending robots to Mars, so is a walking robot best?” asks Keith Cowing, who runs the blog NASAWatch. “If you’re just landing in a flat area, why can’t it have treads and arms?” Or, if you want the dexterity that […]

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  • November 19, 2015
The Planetary Society Is Against Human Space Flight
The Planetary Society Is Against Human Space Flight

Oh the Places We Won’t Go: Humans Will Settle Mars, and Nowhere Else, Lou Friedman “Humans will become a multi-planet species by making it to Mars, but no farther. That is, they will never travel beyond Mars. Some find this to be negativean absolute statement of limits and thus of giving up. My job here is to prove the opposite: humans exploring the universe with nanotechnology robotics, bio-molecular engineering, and […]

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  • November 16, 2015
ATLAS Is Walking. Valkyrie Remains Hidden

ATLAS robot gets closer to walking like a human, TechGenMag “When Boston Dynamics first revealed their ATLAS robot on July 11, 2013, the bipedal humanoid robot was a clunky, slow moving contraption tethered to a jumble of cords that performed a variety of controlled tasks awkwardly. Still, we were all impressed by the ATLAS robot’s humanlike legs and frame that no doubt offered a tantalizing glimpse into the near future of robotics. Fast […]

  • NASA Watch
  • October 24, 2014
JSC's Girl Robot Lost Competition Due to Broken WiFi

What Happened to NASA’s Valkyrie Robot at the DRC Trials, and What’s Next, IEEE “At the DRC Trials, Valkyrie experienced a “networking issue” that prevented the team from scoring any points. In the garage before the DRC Trials began, everything worked fine. But on the course itself, the JSC Team “could not communicate with the robot at all.” They would later discover the culprit: a network traffic shaping tool that […]

  • NASA Watch
  • August 27, 2014