Sentences with phrase «for robotic exploration»

I propose to advance the search for life on Mars by approaching the microbiology of ground ice in the Antarctic Dry Valleys as an analogue to ground ice on Mars, and by introducing a new mission concept for the robotic exploration of Mars that would allow to drill to a depth of several meters and search for life in ground ice.

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«Once renovations are complete, Hangar One will again be home to high - tech innovation, as Planetary Ventures begins using the historic facility for research, development, assembly and testing in the areas of space exploration, aviation, rover / robotics and other emerging technologies,» NASA said in a statement.

Our robotic spacecraft systems will collapse the cost of access to the Moon, introduce a new commercial paradigm for government missions, democratize lunar research and exploration, and blaze the trail for commercial space transportation and exploration beyond Earth's orbit.

Possible candidates for robotic planetary exploration missions include Venus, Mars, asteroids, comets and Titan

Noble as human exploration may be, we would know very little about anything in the cosmos much more distant than the moon were it not for robotic explorers.

Since 2012, he led NASA's science division, where he became an advocate for marrying the agency's human and robotic exploration divisions.

Robotic planetary exploration began a half century ago with sobering reality checks: our nearest neighbors — the moon, Mars and Venus — were fairly horrible places for life.

Although no region of Mars is banned for exploration, international treaties set the allowable levels of microbial contamination on robotic spacecraft destined for other planetary environments.

The markup restores $ 100 million of a proposed $ 227 million cut the Administration had proposed to make to the account for Mars robotic exploration.

As part of its effort to find asteroids hazardous to Earth and destinations for future robotic and human exploration, NASA's NEO program will continue to search for even better potential targets for ARM.

This feature means that the muscles can be used in numerous applications at multiple scales, such as miniature surgical devices, wearable robotic exoskeletons, transformable architecture, deep - sea manipulators for research or construction, and large deployable structures for space exploration.

Having worked in an exciting robotic exploration program that has extended humanity's reach from Mercury to the edge of the solar system, we wondered whether we might find technical solutions for some of NASA's political and budgetary challenges.

Engineers in the Coordinated Robotics Lab at the University of California, San Diego, have developed new image processing techniques for rapid exploration and characterization of structural fires by small Segway - like robotic vehicles.

Some of the savings from defunding the ISS would feed into NASA's return to the moon, chiefly a new lunar robotic exploration program as well as a «Deep Space Gateway» in lunar orbit that would serve as a staging ground for operations on the surface.

The additional funds would support the administration's directive to reinvigorate human and robotic exploration of Earth's moon and other planets in the solar system but would also come at the expense of several other big - ticket items in NASA's portfolio — namely the International Space Station (ISS) as well as the Wide Field Infrared Space Telescope (WFIRST), a «flagship» - class mission next in line for launch after the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

And the robotic exploration program is already providing a big bang for NASA's buck, discovering hidden water on the moon, possible signs of life on Mars, and tropical storms on Titan just in the past year.

The letter from the Coalition for Space Exploration thanks the committee for its support of human and robotic exploration programs (specifically mentioning the James Webb Space Telescope as an «exploration science mission»), but «we remain concerned that by flat funding SLS, Orion and other Exploration program levels... the bill would unintentionally constrain progress toward accelerating program content from Exploration Mission - 2 [EM - 2] to be included in Exploration Mission - 1 [EM - Exploration thanks the committee for its support of human and robotic exploration programs (specifically mentioning the James Webb Space Telescope as an «exploration science mission»), but «we remain concerned that by flat funding SLS, Orion and other Exploration program levels... the bill would unintentionally constrain progress toward accelerating program content from Exploration Mission - 2 [EM - 2] to be included in Exploration Mission - 1 [EM - exploration programs (specifically mentioning the James Webb Space Telescope as an «exploration science mission»), but «we remain concerned that by flat funding SLS, Orion and other Exploration program levels... the bill would unintentionally constrain progress toward accelerating program content from Exploration Mission - 2 [EM - 2] to be included in Exploration Mission - 1 [EM - exploration science mission»), but «we remain concerned that by flat funding SLS, Orion and other Exploration program levels... the bill would unintentionally constrain progress toward accelerating program content from Exploration Mission - 2 [EM - 2] to be included in Exploration Mission - 1 [EM - Exploration program levels... the bill would unintentionally constrain progress toward accelerating program content from Exploration Mission - 2 [EM - 2] to be included in Exploration Mission - 1 [EM - Exploration Mission - 2 [EM - 2] to be included in Exploration Mission - 1 [EM - Exploration Mission - 1 [EM - 1] in 2018.

Stephen Gorevan, chairman of Honeybee Robotics, a Brooklyn - based company best known for the work it's done to equip NASA's Mars rovers with robotic life - detection components, talks about aerospace technology and the future of space exploration.

Rebecca Barnes, HE Space Operations for ESA — European Space Agency, is the education officer for the ESA Science and Robotic Exploration Directorate.

Claudia Mignone, Vitrociset Belgium for ESA — European Space Agency, is a science writer for the ESA Science and Robotic Exploration Directorate.

The Mars Society is pleased to announce that it has joined the online Marspedia project started by two other space advocacy groups - The Mars Foundation and The Moon Society - in an effort to build out a great resource for people of all ages to learn more about the planet Mars, promote the human and robotic exploration of the Red Planet and encourage STEM education.

Both bills would add money for robotic Mars exploration.

«Mars is a rich destination for scientific discovery and robotic and human exploration as we expand our presence into the solar system,» said NASA.

From groundbreaking technology like LightSail ®, to policy that shapes historic missions, the global group explores space together through four core enterprises: Human Space Exploration, Robotic Exploration, Planetary Defense and the Search for Life.

Both the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and the House Science, Space and Technology Committee hearings raised questions about other priorities in the NASA budget request — especially funding for robotic Mars exploration — but the focus was firmly on commercial crew versus the Space Launch System (SLS) and Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) space capsule (called Orion) Congress directed NASA to build in the 2010 NASA authorization act.

Abstract: (ABRIDGED) In previous work, two platforms have been developed for testing computer - vision algorithms for robotic planetary exploration (McGuire et al. 2004b, 2005; Bartolo et al. 2007).

BlueBot projects can work both as at - home robotics exploration or as a science or engineering project for a school assignment (depending on the assignment requirements).

Performing physical analysis to figure out the best design parameters of our robotic arm according to the shear capacitance of the soil and performing chemical analysis to figure out the organic content in the soil for plant growth helped me relate this to Mars and come up with the best approaches to analysis and instrument requirements for human exploration of Mars.

PULLMAN, Wash. — A student team from Washington State University is in New York this week as one of 30 national finalists in NASA's $ 2.5 million 3D - Printed Habitat Challenge to design an environment for Mars exploration using robotics and 3D printers.

The article titled «Students create hand for robotics contest» featured West Hawaii Explorations Academy Public Charter School's (WHEA) robotics team.

Popular work areas for electro - mechanical maintenance technicians are oil rigs, deep ocean explorations and the robotics industry where they are required to assist engineers in designing robotic equipment.

She is currently working to establish Carlow University as a satellite for the Carnegie Mellon CREATE Lab to help educators, children, and families develop technological fluency through creative exploration of robotic technologies and socially meaningful innovation.