... asteroid itself, and exactly whereabouts OSIRIS-REx’s extendable sampling arm will pluck this material from will be decided by the survey. ...During the sampling procedure, the arm will release a burst of nitrogen gas as it ...
...grappling the washing machine-sized payload adapter (with a four-armed claw), decelerating it down to the low Earth orbit and allowing ...the debris and the arm to burn during re-entry. "Our 'tow truck' design will ...
... spacesuit. It is expected he will perform a Russian spacewalk to support the installation and first operations of the European Robotic Arm (ERA) that travelled to the Station with the Russian Multipurpose Laboratory Module (MLM) on 29 July this year...
... the requirement for extensive national infrastructure, leading to sustainable and rapid growth in these emerging markets. The armed forces have long used satellite imagery, communications and GNSS. Today, the demand for space services...
... vehicle has so far carried about 40 foreign satellites (under a commercial agreement with Antrix Corporation, the business arm of ISRO) and 30 indigenous ones. This 44.4 metre tall rocket has logged nearly 25 successful launches since its...
... trivial and so many people are involved that things became distracting. People were speaking on the voiceloop, arms were going up in triumph and celebrations were beginning. I was left thinking, ‘Did I miss something? Why does...