June 2018
Striding through space
... to Earth and eventual repair and re-launch. Thereafter the MMU was side-lined, thought too risky in the new safety culture after the Challenger disaster of early 1986. Tasks intended for the MMU were re-designed to be done with manipulator...
August 2018
AI offers new approach to space situational awareness
... still has a big role to play. There are several technologies that enable us to use machine learning to address the challenges of SSA. One interesting project funded by Dstl to explore what machine learning can do for SSA is currently underway...
January 2019
Preparing for a robotic revolution in Earth orbit
... in China on space robotic arms, and China may have flown a satellite equipped with a robotic arm. Beyond the challenge of making a robot arm that could survive in space, there are numerous issues of control that these missions...
May 2019
Cold comfort for astronauts
... to put numbers against them, and they are context-dependent. To highlight the challenges, a current research focus is related to the minimum acceptable habitat volume for the crew. Test volumes have to be tested against tasks, across working, eating...
