08 June 2018
Curiosity discovers ancient organic molecules on Mars
The Curiosity rover which is currently trundling around the Gale Crater has found organic material in samples of mudstone, that once ...
January 2019
Visiting an asteroid to find out how life began
... small at 10 kg and 30 cm x 30 cm x 20 cm in size. While the lander could also move, using a similar mechanism to the MINERVA-II1 rovers, its main task was scientific analysis of the asteroid. The little laboratory contained a camera and instruments...
October 2016
Project MOONWALK
...gesture control is that the astronaut can control the rover, and the rover can monitor the movements and pose of the ... of around one second. Simulation astronaut gesture controls the rover on a Martian exploration simulation. The results of MOONWALK ...
October 2015
How to 3D-print a habitat on Mars
... the inside surfaces of the sub-habitats, sprayed on by a rover. This epoxy will form a sealed environment with the main habitat. .... The regolith will be melted inside a furnace on the rover, and then cast in channels made from sintered regolith. This...
March 2015
Chasing comets together: the Vega project in the USSR and beyond
...unique in the study of Phobos and Mars. Fun with Mars rover As a result of the polemic on the information obtained by...exploration. A lot of effort was invested in developing a Mars rover that would be able to cover long distances. Our laboratory, ...
March 2016
Resource Prospector – a Lunar Pathfinder
...). Most recently, the RP team completed the design and build of RP15, a mission-in-a-year build of an entire terrestrial rover/payload system. RP15 is a Phase A ‘deep dive’ development, moving from concept to hardware roving in a lunar-analogue rock...
