Sentences with phrase «future robotic missions»

She then worked at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the Mars Program Office where she served as the Mars Sample Return Science System Engineer and worked on formulation of sample science and astrobiology investigations for future robotic missions, as well as long - term planning for potential human missions to the red planet.

«CaSSIS images will also be used to not only plan future robotic missions, but also human - led missions to Mars.»

It was designed to serve as a test bed for future robotic missions, like Spirit's in 2004.

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Months - long testing of the system began in November at the energy department's Nevada National Security Site, with an eye toward providing energy for future human and robotic missions in space and on the surface of Mars, the moon or other solar system destinations.

Earlier this year, the company unveiled Prospector X, a tiny robotic spacecraft that'll sit in low Earth orbit testing technologies for future asteroid prospecting missions, including water - powered propulsion and optical navigation systems.

Called ballistic capture, it could help open the Martian frontier for more robotic missions, future manned expeditions and even colonization efforts.

In the future, we desire to increase the level of participation in missions and to eventually lead our own robotic missions to Mars.

They also may make frozen water more accessible than previously thought to future robotic or human exploration missions.

ARM will demonstrate advanced, high - power, high - throughput solar electric propulsion; advanced autonomous high - speed proximity operations at a low - gravity planetary body; controlled touchdown and liftoff with a multi-ton mass from a low - gravity planetary body, astronaut spacewalk activities for sample selection, extraction, containment and return; and mission operations of integrated robotic and crewed vehicle stack — all key components of future in - space operations for human missions to Mars.

Most robotic missions to Mars have failed, but future astronauts headed for the Red Planet will have more than an imagined martian jinx to worry about.

After two years of operation, NHATS has identified more than 1,000 NEAs that could be destinations for future robotic or human missions, enabled by future technology.

If the shell is thin, it could mean the moon's ocean receives sunlight and radiation from cracks in the surface, boosting the energy available for life and the chances that future missions could be sent to explore the ocean, potentially with a robotic submarine.

It could even be used to launch a future robotic moon mission.

To encourage future interest and mass participation in future missions, NASA could incorporate Web - based interactivity into robotic landers from the start.

Ground - based radars using large antennas including the GBT could be used as a collisional hazard assessment tool and as a safety mechanism for spacecraft that encounter navigation or communication issues, in future robotic and human missions to the moon.

During her 2008 campaign Clinton said she was «committed to a space exploration program that involves robust human spaceflight to complete the Space Station and later human missions, expanded robotic spaceflight probes of our solar system leading to future human exploration, and enhanced space science activities.»

Since then, a total of 15 robotic missions led by various NASA centers have laid the groundwork for future human missions to the Red Planet.