17 December 2015
Google Lunar XPRIZE deadline extended until next year
... $5 million dollars for the runner-up. Prizes will be awarded to teams who are able to land a privately funded rover on the moon, travel 500 meters, and transmit back high definition video and images. Several smaller...
23 December 2015
First new 'ground truth' in 40 years as Chinese rover Yuto presents analysis of moon rocks
... less – are made by an alpha-particle X-ray spectrometer and a near-infrared hyperspectral imager aboard the Yutu rover. A mosaic made with the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter’s Wide Angle Camera showing Chang’e-3 landing site, indicated...
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...
