Keith’s note: NASA currently has two droids at work on Mars: Perseverance and its Older sibling Curiosity. Their common task is to perform astrobiology and astrogeology exploration activities on Mars. […]
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Astrobotic Has Set A New Standard For Space Mission Transparency
Keith’s note: Take the time to read the Astrobotic press release (below). While it is sad that Peregrine won’t land on the Moon it is very important that everyone – […]
Posted inArtemis, News, Robotics, Russia, Space & Planetary Science
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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]