Orion And Space Launch System Animation
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – A superb animation of the Exploration Mission-1 in 2017 which will be the first mission to incorporate both the Orion vehicle and NASA’s new...
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Robotic Refuelling Mission – Day 1
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – Following yestedays post on robot development for space applications, here is feedback from Day 1 of the RRM project (Robotic Refuelling Mission.), a project...
NASA Developing Space Robots
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – Information on experiments on robots to be used to service satellites and spacecraft. The end goal is to develop a robust suite of essential robotic...
Update From NASA – 11th January 2013
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – Here is the latest update from Nasa which includes an introduction to the ‘Commercial Crew Programme’, which is a series of joint ventures between...
Controlling Curiosity
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – A look at Curiosity’s twin, which is used as a test platform and for rehearsing manoeuvers here on Earth. And also a look at...
Curiosity Update – January 10 2013
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – An update on Curiosity with information on its ‘brush’ which has been used for the first time and the drill. Great new pictures of...
Last Video Footage From Grail
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends”- Three days prior to its planned impact on a lunar mountain, mission controllers activated the camera aboard one of NASA’s GRAIL twins to take some...
Volunteers Wanted For One Way Trip To Mars
– For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – Here is information on The Netherlands-based nonprofit Mars One, which hopes to put the first boots on the Red Planet in 2023, has just released its...
NASA Update – 5th January 2013
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – The latest update from NASA with information on the development and testing of the new Space Launch System and other development programmes. Also some...
New Horizons Mission To Pluto
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – An introduction to the New Horizon mission to Pluto which hopes to encounter the dwarf planet in 2015. The spacecraft left Earth at the greatest-ever...
Fermi Searches For Pulsars
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – Useful information on thew Fermi x-ray telescope and pulsars. A pulsar is a type of neutron star that emits electromagnetic energy at periodic intervals. A...
Curiosity’s SAM
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – Some information on SAM, the sample analysis unit on Curiosity. Tucked inside the Curiosity rover is a miniature chemistry laboratory designed to unlock the secrets...
What Happened To Beagle 2
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – Beagle 2 was supposed to have landed on the Martian surface on December 25th 2003 but all contact was lost and whatever happened to...
An Introduction To TDRS – NASA Communications
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – An introduction to TDRS, the NASA communications constellation of satellites. As a vital information pipeline for space-based research and exploration ambitions, the TDRS constellation...
Curiosity Update – 21st December 2012
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – A NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover team member, Colette Lohr, gives an update on developments and status of the planetary exploration mission as of the...
Living on the Moon – (3)
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – We continue looking at new technologies and projects required to devel0p a permanent colony on the Moon. Including looking at ambitious plans to export energy...
