News tagged with robotic lander
Shooting for the moon -- to mine it
Most people don't take it literally when they're told to shoot for the moon - but thinking small isn't Naveen Jain's way. The 52-year-old Internet entrepreneur is a co-founder of Moon Express Inc., one of ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 15, 2011 |
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NASA flies Robotic Lander prototype to new heights
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA successfully completed the final flight in a series of tests of a new robotic lander prototype at the Redstone Test Center’s propulsion test facility on the U.S. Army Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 22, 2011 |
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NASA robotic lander test will aid in future lander designs
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA will conduct a 100-foot robotic lander altitude test flight Friday, Nov. 4, to mature the technology needed to develop a new generation of small, smart, versatile robotic landers capable of achieving ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 31, 2011 |
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NASA's next generation robotic lander gets sideways during test (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- During a recent test at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., the robotic lander prototype, known as Mighty Eagle, performed a hover test flying up to three feet and then translated, or ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 25, 2011 |
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NASA's robotic lander takes flight (w/ video)
On Monday, June 13, the robotic lander mission team was poised and ready when the lander prototype in the adjacent building lifted itself off the ground and rose -- unrestrained -- higher and higher. Applause ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 22, 2011 |
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New propulsion system for robotic lander prototype tested by NASA
NASA's Robotic Lunar Lander Development Project at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., has completed a series of hot fire tests and taken delivery of a new propulsion system for integration into ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 06, 2011 |
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NASA thruster test aids future robotic lander's ability to land safely
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., collaborated with NASA’s White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, N.M., and Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne in Canoga Park, Calif., to successfully ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 08, 2010 |
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NASA 'Drops' Next Generation Robotic Lander During Autonomous Tests
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has successfully completed a series of autonomous "drop" tests of a robotic lander test article - in a record 10 months - to demonstrate the ability to perform a controlled landing on ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 16, 2009 |
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