Watson Hops On Board Human Space Flight, IBM “CIMON is currently being developed by Airbus on behalf of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) as an intelligent, mobile and interactive astronaut […]
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NASA's Confusing Stance on SOFIA (Update: DLR is Angry)
SOFIA … eine Erfolgsgeschichte ist in Gefahr (in German), January Wörners Blog, DLR [translation] “As part of the current budget statement of NASA it has now let announced from Washington […]
Posted inSafety
The Next Big Satellite to Reenter Uncontrolled
ROSAT re-entry, DLR “Currently, the re-entry date can only be calculated to within plus/minus three days. This time slot of uncertainty will be reduced as the date of re-entry approaches. […]
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Does NASA Have A Contingency Plan For Crashing Satellites?
What Would NASA Do If A Soyuz Landed In America? (2003 – with NASA contingency plans), SpaceRef “As was the case with a Shuttle accident, NASA (in cooperation with Russia) […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Asteroid Lutetia Revealed by Rosetta
Asteroid Lutetia, As Seen By Rosetta’s OSIRIS Imaging System, DLR “The European Rosetta spacecraft has achieved a further milestone on its journey to the comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko. On 10 July 2010 […]