Sentences with phrase «keep spacecraft systems»
On some missions, such as NASA's Curiosity Mars rover (now deep into its third Earth year seeking signs of habitable conditions on the Red Planet), the excess heat from the MMRTG can also be used to keep spacecraft systems warm in cold environments.
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The New Horizons spacecraft is healthy and full of fuel, so after the Pluto encounter, it will keep going beyond Pluto and into the outer rim of our solar system.
And with more than two dozen other spacecraft scattered throughout the rest of the Solar System, planetary exploration has been keeping apace.
If a pulsar - based navigation system passes muster, future spacecraft could precisely keep track of their location in 3D space, and autonomously adjust their path to stay on target, without needing to communicate with Earth.
Used as receiving stations, they help NASA and other space agencies keep track of spacecraft sent into the outer reaches of our Solar System.
The VLA is also a high - precision spacecraft tracker that NASA and ESA have used to keep tabs on robotic spacecrafts exploring the Solar System.