January 2020
Apollo girl - camaraderie and discrimination in the Apollo era
... to broaden the scope of my duties, I gravitated toward the operations end, so that I could better understand how the software worked in an operational environment: in other words, did it work the way it was intended and, more importantly, how...
August 2016
Rosetta overcomes major setback
...In particular, the new version of the spacecraft’s onboard software, already prepared for an in-flight upload in July 2003... and healthy after three years of flight. However, the onboard software had to be configured such that the lack of sunlight on ...
September 2019
Space cybersecurity - why we mustn’t forget the basics
... that the systems engineers and developers fully appreciate the importance of unambiguous protocol design and appropriate software implementation of the protocols used for automation between nodes and for monitoring ground segments. If protocols are...
08 July 2020
NASA increases recommendations required by Boeing for Starliner flight
...and Boeing have been incrementally changing the software, testing the software and adding resources when required, said Steve... program, in a call with reporters yesterday. Reviewing software procedures however appears to have been a sticking point for...
June 2015
Beagle 2: discovering the lost Mars lander
... was released. All 5 hold-down devices had to function correctly to allow a panel to deploy. Under control of the software each panel was commanded to deploy in turn, using a series of angle monitoring threshold conditions. If any panel failed...
February 2017
Global robotic network for monitoring near-Earth and outer space
...as asteroids and comets, particularly those approaching the Earth. Such observations demand a constant upgrade to the mathematical software, as potentially dangerous asteroids change their path in near-Earth space very quickly. This has been achieved...
