A sustainable space program requires reliable, fully autonomous robotic systems both for maintaining the existing space infrastructures and for building new ones beyond low Earth orbits. Autonomy is particularly essential to near-future space robotic systems as they must operate in harsh and partially understood environments.
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Major General Charles Bolden is a former astronaut, fighter pilot and NASA administrator. He sat down with Stuff magazine publisher…
If you had to live the rest of your life on Mars, what would you miss the most? Figuring out…
On July 27th, 2018 most of the world will be treated to an extraordinary evening of activity in the sky.…
NASA is sending its first interplanetary helicopter to Mars in 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOMQOqKRWjU Well this is an expensive piece of equipment…
NASA launches its InSight spacecraft, which will study the interior of the red planet SpaceX tends to get all of…
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