04 August 2016
Experts to Discuss Mars Sample Return at IAC 2016
... on the minds of the international science community for many years. Though multiple scenarios of international partnerships and robotic missions have been proposed, the cost of the MSR mission remains high. A special session, to be held during...
12 November 2021
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts arrive at ISS
...Orlan 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...
December 2014
MAVEN and the evolution of Mars
... of human interest and endeavours. Why? Because it is the planet most accessible to our observations, both telescopic and robotic, it’s a particularly good candidate for the study of terrestrial planet and early life evolution, and it is second only...
October 2015
How to 3D-print a habitat on Mars
... grand structures were built additively, layer by layer. It is only recently that we have combined the technique with robotics and computer control, enabling 3D printing of objects of nearly any shape using a diverse range of materials, from metals...
October 2015
Russian business: a long road to the stars for private space initiative
... a “seeing system” designed for a lunar rover in robots that could deliver cargo around warehouses. Today, its clients ... it to the Moon, but its eyesight now helps robots navigate warehouses Some interesting Russian space organisations have nothing to...
April 2018
Developing Mars
... emphasise that mining on Mars is easier and cheaper than mining asteroids. On an asteroid, mining robots face very difficult challenges. Reliable robotic autonomy inside an unpredictable, low-g cloud of gas, dust and shattered rock is a hard problem...
