CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — From Launch Complex 17 here at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, many of NASA's
robotic planetary missions blasted off.
Not exact matches
Possible candidates for
robotic planetary exploration
missions include Venus, Mars, asteroids, comets and Titan
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.
«There have been six piloted
missions to the moon and we have a robust
robotic programme that explores
planetary surfaces.
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.
The team will conduct analyses of spacecraft and
mission design, and investigate concepts to support
robotic mission objectives, including overall science,
planetary defense, asteroid resource use and deep - space capability demonstrations.
«
Robotic sample return
missions can return higher science value samples by selecting from a larger population of asteroids, and can be accomplished at significantly less cost... Support of ARRM with
planetary science resources is not appropriate.»
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.