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 Sydeny, Australia (SPX) Aug 24, 2009 
Whoever does it, and whenever it happens, spacecraft from Earth will be touching down on the Moon in the near future. Several nations have already announced plans for robot landers, and more could be announced in the years ahead. It's difficult to find safe ground to land on, as the crew of Apollo 11 can tell you. But one thing that also constrains landings is the need for a communications ... read more 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Aug 25, 2009The sun was shining on the glaciers all day yesterday, giving us a chance to take some spectacular photos in between projects. It also resulted in an abundance of "small" icebergs let loose into the water in the bay, so we were treated to a flotilla of blue ice moving slowly past the windows of the Marinlab facility while we worked. We were able to review cleaning protocols for instruments ... more
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Bethesda MD (SPX) Aug 24, 2009Wow! Launchspace received a large number of emails regarding last week's commentary by George Jeffs. Most were in agreement with some or all elements of Launchspace's suggested solar system architecture approach. Many said it was a common sense way to structure affordable exploration while maintaining a continuous human space flight capability. There was considerable concern about the over ... more  
London, UK (SPX) Aug 25, 2009QinetiQ Group PLC, a leading international provider of technology-based services and solutions, has secured a AUS$23m contract from the Australian Department of Defence for TALON robots and replacement parts to support Australian Defence Forces deployed on operations. Developed by QinetiQ North America in Waltham, Massachusetts, TALON robots can be configured for specific tasks including ... more 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 24, 2009A second, lighter-weight test rover has entered the testing setup at JPL where rover team members are assessing strategy for getting Spirit out of soft soil where it is embedded on Mars. The rover team has begun using a test rover that does not carry a science payload or robotic arm, as do Spirit and Opportunity on Mars, and the primary engineering test rover at JPL. While the primary test ... more |
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 20, 2009Today marks the 2,000th Martian day, or sol, of what was initially planned as a 90-sol mission on Mars for NASA's Spirit rover. Spirit's twin, Opportunity, will reach the 2,000-sol milestone on Sept. 8. Both rovers have found rocks altered by past action of water on Mars. Both show some signs of aging but remain capable of further scientific investigations. Since their landing halfwa ... more  
Moscow (UPI) Aug 18, 2009 A day after a blast at a Russian hydroelectric plant, officials say there is little hope to find survivors from the 64 people missing. So far, 12 people have been confirmed dead after the walls of a turbine room collapsed at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power plant in south central Siberia on Monday. Sixty-four workers remain missing, likely trapped inside the flooded facility. ... more 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 17, 2009Mars rover team members are planning a long-duration experiment with the test rover at JPL beginning next week. This test will check whether favorable motion seen in earlier tests can be sustained to gain as much distance in the sandbox as Spirit would need to complete on Mars to escape its predicament. The team expects to drive the test rover for several hundred meters, or yards, worth of ... more |
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