Sentences with phrase «on robotic missions»

In fact, you're working now on a robotic mission that will be done without government funding, right?

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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.

A robotics company on a mission to revolutionize the hospitality industry by solving the two biggest issues in housekeeping: time and injuries.

The Administration's space exploration plans got off to a controversial start with the Augustine Commission and the decision to end the Constellation program and refocus on robotic science missions.

During the first few years she cut her teeth on experimental lab work and informational control and design as a robotic engineer, but what she really wanted to do was work directly on planetary missions.

With twin rovers still making tracks on Mars, plans are already underway for the next robotic mission to set foot on the Red Planet.

On November 12th 2014 the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission will eject the small robotic lander Philae on a trajectory that should take it down to the surface of comet 67P / Churyumov - Gerasimenko (or 67P / C - P for shortOn November 12th 2014 the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission will eject the small robotic lander Philae on a trajectory that should take it down to the surface of comet 67P / Churyumov - Gerasimenko (or 67P / C - P for shorton a trajectory that should take it down to the surface of comet 67P / Churyumov - Gerasimenko (or 67P / C - P for short).

Both trundled on for much longer than the 90 days of their primary mission, and when Opportunity was on its extended run, Verma's robotics expertise and experience with field testing rovers won her the chance to drive it.

The resulting data have helped the European Space Agency hone its recent successful robotic missions, including the Huygens lander on Titan and Mars Express.

He is the project scientist on a proposed robotic mission called Resource Prospector, which could launch in 2018 to try to extract water from lunar rocks.

The crew of the final Apollo mission lifted off from the moon's Sea of Serenity on 14 December 1972, and the last robotic Soviet spacecraft to make it to the surface was in 1976.

Britain has a long - standing policy of avoiding any programs of the European Space Agency that involve human spaceflight, focusing its efforts on robotic science missions, earth observation, and the commercial exploitation of space.

With Dragon securely in the grasp of Canadarm2, the robotics officer at Mission Control remotely operated the arm to install the capsule to its port on the Earth - facing side of the Harmony module.

«Humans were required to carry out much of the experimentation in this study, while life detection missions on other planets will need to be robotic,» says Dr Goordial.

In November, the Rosetta mission's robotic comet lander Philae appeared to score a touchdown, but there was a flag on the play.

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.

Is «unlocking the mysteries of space» a tacit endorsement of what some influential Republicans hope will be a costly robotic mission to find life on a watery moon of Jupiter?

The soft landing of the robotic probe Philae on the surface of Comet 67P / Churyumov - Gerasimenko as part of the Rosetta mission was «the first time anybody's landed on a comet and it's going to be the first time anyone's stayed in orbit as long as Rosetta's going to do,» said Science's deputy news editor Robert Coontz.

The soft landing of the robotic probe Philae on the surface of Comet 67P / Churyumov - Gerasimenko as part of the Rosetta mission was «the first time anybody's landed on a comet and it's going to be the first time anyone's stayed in orbit as long as Rosetta's going to do,» said

Before every successful manned or robotic mission has ever flown to space countless man - hours were devoted for extensive and rigorous testing on the -LSB-...]

On Wednesday, NASA announced two new potential robotic missions: one to the comet 67P / Churyumov - Gerasimenko, and one to Saturn's moon Titan.

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently estimated the cost of the robotic portion of the ARM mission (not including launch) at $ 1.72 billion, money that Smith said would be better spent on habitats and propulsion technologies.

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.

The intrepid robotic explorer successfully completed its primary scientific objective when it discovered strong evidence early on in its mission that a place called Yellowknife Bay near its landing site, constitutes an ancient dried - out lake bed which was once filled with drinkable liquid water billions of years ago and could have sustained life — if any were present.

The speakers include Beagle 2 Manager Mark Sims; U.K. Space Agency Chief Executive David Parker; Alvaro Giménez Cañete, ESA's director of science and robotic exploration; and John Bridges, a science team member on NASA's Curiosity rover and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) missions.

EEP Robotics Challenge Schools across the country are invited to take on a robotics challenge that will see student teams involved in «space missions».

Mission Gamelatrons draws on the thousand - year - old sonic tradition of Indonesia — Gamelan — and the emerging field of robotics to create magical, viscerally - powerful, site - specific performances, installations and stand alone art works.