Sentences with phrase «robotic space mission»

But one expedition supplies hundreds of samples each year at a fraction of the cost of a human or robotic space mission.

Human vs. Robotic Space Missions.»

The surface of Mars today — as seen from the myriad of robotic space missions sent to explore our next - door neighbor — appears cold and desert - like, and its whisper - thin atmosphere doesn't shield the planet from a bombardment of radiation from the Sun.

Not exact matches

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.

Our robotic spacecraft systems will collapse the cost of access to the Moon, introduce a new commercial paradigm for government missions, democratize lunar research and exploration, and blaze the trail for commercial space transportation and exploration beyond Earth's orbit.

In a paper published in EPJ Plus, Marco Tantardini and Enrico Flamini from the Italian Space Agency (ASI) make the case for taking part in the robotic phase of the Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM).

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.

Instead of rocketing astronauts off into deep space, the Asteroid Redirect Mission would send a robotic spacecraft to a small asteroid, secure it (potentially by grabbing it and stuffing it into a giant high - tech bag) and tow it back to orbit the moon using a hyper - efficient kind of rocket engine technology called solar electric propulsion.

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 short).

That event will feature NASA officials and crew members aboard the International Space Station as they observe the rover anniversary and discuss how its activities and other robotic projects are helping prepare for a human mission to Mars and an asteroid.

That is less than many robotic missions launched by national space agencies, Alan Stern, president and CEO of the new company, said during a press conference here.

Here, the engineers can develop the tools, techniques and software that robotic repair / refueling missions could someday use in space.

But the maneuvers, formally known as the Robotic Refueling Mission, represent what could be a revolutionary step in space science and commerce.

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

Orbital Sciences Cygnus commercial cargo craft completed a month - long delivery mission to the International Space Station Friday when it was released from the grips of the Canadarm2 robotic arm at 6:40 a.m. EDT.

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.

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 sSpace Agency that involve human spaceflight, focusing its efforts on robotic science missions, earth observation, and the commercial exploitation of spacespace.

Second, the space agency needs to respect the firewall between robotic missions and human missions, because the goals of these two wings of the space program are, for now, so distinct.

DENVER, COLORADO — NASA will try to prolong the life of its flagship astronomy mission, the Hubble Space Telescope, by sending a robotic repair craft to rendezvous with the satellite by the end of 2007.

This Way to Mars: How Technologies Borrowed from Robotic Missions Could Deliver Astronauts to Deep Space

An example of a long - duration robotic asteroid sample return mission is the Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security — Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS - REx) mission managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, which will investigate and return a sample from a NEA named Bennu.

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).

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 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 - 1] imission»), 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 - 1] iMission - 2 [EM - 2] to be included in Exploration Mission - 1 [EM - 1] iMission - 1 [EM - 1] in 2018.

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-...]

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.

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 space together through four core enterprises: Human Space Exploration, Robotic Exploration, Planetary Defense and the Search for Space Exploration, Robotic Exploration, Planetary Defense and the Search for Life.

During her 2008 campaign Clinton said she was «committed to a space exploration program that involves robust human spaceflight to complete the Space Station and later human missions, expanded robotic spaceflight probes of our solar system leading to future human exploration, and enhanced space science activities.&rspace exploration program that involves robust human spaceflight to complete the Space Station and later human missions, expanded robotic spaceflight probes of our solar system leading to future human exploration, and enhanced space science activities.&rSpace Station and later human missions, expanded robotic spaceflight probes of our solar system leading to future human exploration, and enhanced space science activities.&rspace science activities.»

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.

Before they can sabotage the forests, Freeman does what he must, and spends the remainder of his mission with three robotic «drones» as his only companions, struggling to maintain his sanity in the vastness of space.

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

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