He also said the delay in EM - 1 will not affect plans to use SLS to launch
a robotic planetary spacecraft, Europa Clipper, to Jupiter's moon Europa.
Not exact matches
Although no region of Mars is banned for exploration, international treaties set the allowable levels of microbial contamination on
robotic spacecraft destined for other
planetary environments.
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.
«Of course, before the landing of the Luna 2
robotic spacecraft in 1959, there was concern that the Moon might be covered in low - density dust into which any future astronauts might sink,» said lead study author and
Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist Robert Nelson.