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Nasa considers sending shapeshifting robots to search for aliens near Earth

April 2, 2018 by Sam Francis

Nasa considers sending shapeshifting robots to search for aliens near Earth

Nasa is planning to send shapeshifting robots to search for alien life on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. 

Titan is 50 per cent larger than Earth’s moon and is said to be “Earth-like” in the way it has wind, rain, volcanoes and other climactic characteristics.

However, while it looks and behaves somewhat like Earth, Titan is believed to be full of methane and ethane, which are obviously not breathable by humans.  [Read more…] about Nasa considers sending shapeshifting robots to search for aliens near Earth

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Filed Under: Aerospace, News, Robotic spacecraft Tagged With: biobot, marsbee, nasa, nasa innovative advanced concepts, robotic bees, robotic spacecraft, shapeshifting robots

Nasa astronauts carry out maintenance work on robotic arm on the International Space Station

October 6, 2017 by David Edwards

Nasa astronauts carry out maintenance work on robotic arm on the International Space Station

 

Nasa astronauts went on a spacewalk today to replace one of the two Latching End Effectors on the International Space Station’s robot arm, called Canadarm 2. 

The two astronauts were named as Commander Randy Bresnik and Flight Engineer Mark Vande Hei, and the duration of the spacewalk was said to be 55 minutes.

The astronauts also carried out a range of additional maintenance and upgrading tasks, including the removal of the multi-layer insulation from a spare direct current switching unit, and preparing a flex hose rotary coupler for future use.  [Read more…] about Nasa astronauts carry out maintenance work on robotic arm on the International Space Station

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Filed Under: Aerospace, News, Robotic spacecraft, Satellite systems Tagged With: canadarm 2, international space station, maxar technologies, nasa, robotic arm in space

Nasa and SSL complete preliminary design review of robot that will fix satellites

August 14, 2017 by David Edwards

Nasa and SSL complete preliminary design review of robot that will fix satellites

Space Systems Loral says it successfully completed the preliminary design review for Nasa’s Restore-L mission to provide satellite servicing in low earth orbit. 

With the completion of the preliminary design review, Restore-L is proceeding on schedule to the next phase of development and its launch in 2020.

As announced last year, SSL is working with Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center’s Satellite Servicing Projects Division, to build a spacecraft that will change the nature of how infrastructure in space is managed by, for the first time in history, refueling a satellite in orbit that was not designed for servicing.  [Read more…] about Nasa and SSL complete preliminary design review of robot that will fix satellites

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Filed Under: Aerospace, News, Robotic spacecraft, Satellite systems Tagged With: nasa, restore-l, satellite servicing, space systems loral, ssl

Honeybee Robotics acquired by Ensign-Bickford Industries

August 1, 2017 by Sam Francis

Honeybee Robotics acquired by Ensign-Bickford Industries

Specialist robotic spacecraft developer will maintain its course through the galaxy, say new owners

Honeybee Robotics has been acquired by Ensign-Bickford Industries, a 181-year-old privately held corporation with headquarters in Simsbury, Connecticut. 

Honeybee builds robotic spacecraft for Nasa and has delivered systems for the past three Mars landers, and is developing a mining robot which could extract precious resources from asteroids.

Following the acquisition, Honeybee Robotics will be a stand-alone, wholly-owned subsidiary of EBI and will complement EBI’s current aerospace and defense subsidiary, Eba-d.

Honeybee will continue to operate from its current facilities in Brooklyn, New York, Longmont, Colorado, and Pasadena, California.  [Read more…] about Honeybee Robotics acquired by Ensign-Bickford Industries

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Filed Under: Aerospace, News, Robotic spacecraft, Science Tagged With: advanced, ensign-bickford, honeybee, robotic, robotics, space, spacecraft, technologies

Competition to mine outer space could change mining industry on Earth

July 23, 2017 by Sam Francis

Competition to mine outer space could change mining industry on Earth

For the past eight years, Nasa has been running a competition to find the team that can develop the best robotic systems to mine the moon. 

This year’s winners were announced recently, and Nasa gave out prizes and commendations for about 10 teams.

The discoveries made those 10 teams and all the others that entered the competition may end up in the mining industry here on Earth, long before they even take off for the moon.  [Read more…] about Competition to mine outer space could change mining industry on Earth

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Filed Under: Aerospace, Industry, Mining, News, Robotic spacecraft Tagged With: asteroid, asteroids, earth, luxembourg, mine, mining, moon, planetary, resources, space

Startup robots choose to go to the moon and mine it for minerals to sell to humans back on Earth

July 17, 2017 by Sam Francis

Startup robots choose to go to the moon and mine it for minerals to sell to humans back on Earth

A private group of startup robots is planning to go to the moon and mine it for water and minerals to sell to humans back on Earth, according to a report on TheVerge.com. 

The commercial company backing the alien space robots, Moon Express, says it’s long dreamed of seeing robots dig holes in the moon’s surface and bring up priceless treasures they can sell for a lot of money.

Moon Express is currently based at Cape Canaveral, in Florida, and occupies Launch Complexes 17 and 18 – so it’s literally within walking distance of the moon, sort of.  [Read more…] about Startup robots choose to go to the moon and mine it for minerals to sell to humans back on Earth

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Chinese robotic spacecraft completes second refuelling test, as Russia launches robotic cargo ship to International Space Station

June 20, 2017 by Mai Tao

Chinese robotic spacecraft completes second refuelling test, as Russia launches robotic cargo ship to International Space Station

China and Russia have both launched robotic spacecraft on cargo missions recently, according to reports in the media. 

Chinese state news agency Xinhua says the Tiangong-2 space lab and Tianzhou-1 completed a second refuelling test which “cemented technical results from the first refuelling”.

According to Space.com, the refuelling procedure requires 29 steps to complete and lasts for several days.  [Read more…] about Chinese robotic spacecraft completes second refuelling test, as Russia launches robotic cargo ship to International Space Station

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Filed Under: Aerospace, News, Robotic spacecraft Tagged With: cargo, china, international, refuelling, robotic, russia, space, spacecraft, station

Honeybee Robotics wins Nasa funding for six spacecraft projects

June 5, 2017 by Sam Francis

Honeybee Robotics wins Nasa funding for six spacecraft projects
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Picture by Nasa via ParabolicArc.com

Honeybee Robotics has received four Nasa Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I awards and two Nasa Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I award to develop new spacecraft systems and enabling technologies.

The awards will allow Honeybee to analyze concepts for advanced future planetary exploration, sampling, in-situ resource utilization, and on-orbit operations.  [Read more…] about Honeybee Robotics wins Nasa funding for six spacecraft projects

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Filed Under: Aerospace, Robotic spacecraft Tagged With: europa, honeybee, international federation of robotics, nasa, planetary, project, robotics, spacecraft, venus

MDA recognized by Nasa for robotic servicing of International Space Station

March 16, 2017 by Abdul Montaqim

MDA recognized by Nasa for robotic servicing of International Space Station
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Artist’s illustration of the robotic spacecraft which will float around in space, fixing satellites. Picture courtesy of SSL

MDA US Systems, a division of MDA managed by SSL, has been recognized by Nasa’s Johnson Space Center for its “outstanding support” of a robotic upgrade to the International Space Station’s power system which took place in January.

The MDA team based in Houston played a critical role in planning and validating the robotic maneuvering both before and during the mission.

Nasa JSC ground controllers used the 15-degrees-of-freedom Special Purpose Dextrous Manipulator (Dextre) arm to install six new 430-pound lithium-ion batteries in two power channel integrated electronics assembly pallets.

Dextre first removed 12 older and depleted 740-pound nickel-hydrogen batteries from the pallets, nine of which were put on the Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle’s external pallet to burn up on re-entry with it.  [Read more…] about MDA recognized by Nasa for robotic servicing of International Space Station

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SSL selected to partner with Darpa to develop satellite servicing business

March 9, 2017 by Sam Francis

SSL selected to partner with Darpa to develop satellite servicing business

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Space Systems Loral, a leading provider of innovative satellites and spacecraft systems, today announced it has been selected by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop the capability to service and maintain spacecraft and other infrastructure in the geostationary arc.

Darpa’s Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites program is expected to be the foundation of a new business for SSL that will serve both commercial and government operators with repair, upgrade, relocation, and refueling of on-orbit assets.

Howard Lance, chief executive officer, SSL MDA Holdings, says: “This will be SSL’s first spacecraft contract with the Department of Defense in recent years and it is the third time that we have been selected by the US government for a major program in just two months, following our recent selections for Nasa’s Restore-L and Psyche missions.

“It clearly demonstrates the success of our strategy to bring the benefits of our commercial business to a broader audience and to grow our business with US government work.”  [Read more…] about SSL selected to partner with Darpa to develop satellite servicing business

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