She pursued a Ph.D.
in robotic space exploration at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and did internships with NASA's Ames Research Center.
Not exact matches
«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.
The full day program showcased women leaders
in the fields of
robotics,
space exploration, energy and sustainability from the University of California and Lockheed Martin.
In the past decade, DIYers (working either in small teams or collectively, via crowdsourcing) have made major contributions to fields like genetics, robotics, proteomics, autonomous vehicles, even space exploration — fields that were once the sole province of large corporations, universities, and government
In the past decade, DIYers (working either
in small teams or collectively, via crowdsourcing) have made major contributions to fields like genetics, robotics, proteomics, autonomous vehicles, even space exploration — fields that were once the sole province of large corporations, universities, and government
in small teams or collectively, via crowdsourcing) have made major contributions to fields like genetics,
robotics, proteomics, autonomous vehicles, even
space exploration — fields that were once the sole province of large corporations, universities, and governments.
While Mars has long been the darling of NASA's
robotic exploration efforts,
in December astronomers revealed the first evidence that Europa is venting plumes of vapour into
space — probably fed by the seemingly life - friendly ocean we think is present under the ice.
The
space agency wanted that spacecraft to provide advanced communications and imaging as well as
robotic science
exploration in support of NASA's plans to send astronauts to the vicinity of the Red Planet or its moons sometime during the 2030s.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California: the birthplace of Sojourner, Cassini, Galileo, and most other unmanned NASA
space vehicles, JPL specializes
in the
robotic exploration of
space.
Nor is it obvious how grand a grand challenge can be, such as
in space exploration: «You can start this kind of activity with small
robotic projects, but at some point it doesn't scale up very well,» says Howard McCurdy, a
space historian and public policy professor at American University
in Washington, D.C. «Nobody knows where the limit is.»
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.
Ideas abounded: using ion engines to ferry up the components of a moon base; beaming power to
robotic rovers on the Martian moon Phobos; attaching high - power Hall effect thrusters to the International
Space Station (ISS) and putting it on a Mars cycler orbit; preplacing chemical rocket boosters along an interplanetary trajectory in advance so astronauts could pick them up along the way; using exploration pods like those in 2001: A Space Odyssey rather than space suits; instead of sending astronauts to an asteroid, bringing a (very small) asteroid to astronauts at the space sta
Space Station (ISS) and putting it on a Mars cycler orbit; preplacing chemical rocket boosters along an interplanetary trajectory
in advance so astronauts could pick them up along the way; using
exploration pods like those
in 2001: A
Space Odyssey rather than space suits; instead of sending astronauts to an asteroid, bringing a (very small) asteroid to astronauts at the space sta
Space Odyssey rather than
space suits; instead of sending astronauts to an asteroid, bringing a (very small) asteroid to astronauts at the space sta
space suits; instead of sending astronauts to an asteroid, bringing a (very small) asteroid to astronauts at the
space sta
space station.
In October 2009 a small group of
robotic space exploration geeks decided to venture out of our comfort zone and began brainstorming different approaches to flying people into
space.
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).
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.
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.
«NASA plans to invest
in a number of new approaches to
exploration, such as
robotic networks, modular systems, pre-positioned propellants, advanced power and propulsion, and
in -
space assembly, that could enable these kinds of vehicles.»
Even though they remain somewhat neglected
in the annals of
robotic space exploration, the very mysterious ice giants at the far reaches of the Solar System beckon.
Fifty years into the
Space Age, we are still
in the golden age of
robotic exploration of our solar system, when each mission is unprecedented
in some way as we push the limits of what is possible.
The U.S. government
space agency first outlined the plan in 2010, after nearly four decades of robotic exploration on the Red Planet, and has since taken many steps to make NASA's Orion crew capsule and Space Launch System a plausible rea
space agency first outlined the plan
in 2010, after nearly four decades of
robotic exploration on the Red Planet, and has since taken many steps to make NASA's Orion crew capsule and
Space Launch System a plausible rea
Space Launch System a plausible reality.
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
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
Space Launch System (SLS) and Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV)
space capsule (called Orion) Congress directed NASA to build in the 2010 NASA authorization
space capsule (called Orion) Congress directed NASA to build
in the 2010 NASA authorization act.
This activity focuses on the history of
space exploration, both human and
robotic, and allows students to understand the progress made
in terms of
space travel over the past 70 years.