July 2018
The rise of interplanetary CubeSats
... Assistant Professor and heads the Space and Terrestrial Robotic Exploration (SpaceTREx) Laboratory. Jekan has a bachelor... MDA Space Missions. Jekan obtained his Ph.D. in space robotics at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (...
October 2018
Sustainable ways of living on the Moon and Mars
...technology to extract those resources in an efficient manner Two forthcoming robotic space missions, Russia/ESA’s Luna 27 lander and NASA’s ...of local extraction from lunar-based mines, both robotic and astronaut tended. NASA’s Mars 2020 rover research...
July 2019
Settling the final frontier
... written extensively for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Caltech. His books published in 2019 include Interplanetary Robots, Space 2.0, and First on the Moon. This article is based on an extract from Space 2.0 by Rod Pyle, with a foreword...
January 2021
Evolution of volatiles on the Moon
... potentially useful resources. This approach is a major departure from that during Apollo, because Artemis and its robotic precursor missions are part of NASA’s strategy of establishing a sustainable, long-term human presence on the Moon as opposed...
January 2022
Earth - no longer humanity’s only home
... will be ‘and’ not ‘or’. This endeavour is the most ambitious we have ever undertaken. It will require human and robotic skills, national and international efforts, commercial and government capabilities in Earth orbit and deep space, conducting...
18 December 2019
US Senate suggests Artemis delay after requested funding halved
...' lifespans. This programme budget includes monies for the completion of SPIDER, a SPace Infrastructure DExterous Robot (SPIDER) that the robotic satellite servicing platform will carry as a secondary payload. The remaining CJS bill funding of $3,448...
