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Lockheed Martin Selected by Mars One for Mission Concept Study for its Mars Lander Software

Mars One has selected Lockheed Martin to develop a mission concept study for its Mars lander spacecraft. The lander will be based on the successful 2007 NASA Phoenix spacecraft and will be a technology demonstrator.

From Lockheed Martin Corporation 11 Dec 2013

Energid to Provide Robotic Control and Simulation Software for DARPA's Phoenix Program

Energid Technologies Corporation has been awarded follow-on funding to provide software for robotic control and simulation to DARPA's Phoenix program. Phoenix seeks to leverage Energid's software to redefine how satellites can be built and maintained through assembly and repair in orbit.

9 Dec 2013

NASA Debuts Human Exploration Rover Challenge for Students

NASA is debuting a new engineering design challenge to engage students worldwide in the next phase of human space exploration. The NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge is a more complex follow-on to the successful NASA Great Moonbuggy Race.

2 Dec 2013

Moon Express Software Successful in Free Flight Test of NASA's ‘Mighty Eagle’ Prototype Robotic Lander

Moon Express, a commercial lunar enterprise, announces a successful free flight test of its lunar lander software on NASA's "Mighty Eagle" prototype robotic lander.

27 Nov 2013

Honeybee Robotics Develops Two Unique Flight subsystems for DARPA On-Site Assembly Program

Honeybee Robotics Spacecraft Mechanisms Corporation today announced it has begun developing flight models of its unique telerobotic end effectors for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Phoenix on-orbit satellite assembly program. Phase II of the project, which intends to lead up to design, assembly and validation of the flight units, builds on work the company started in July 2012.

From Honeybee Robotics 25 Nov 2013

Payload Orbital Delivery System for DARPA Phoenix Mission to be Developed by MDA

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. ("MDA" or the "Company"), a global communications and information company, announced today that it has been authorized to proceed with development of a Payload Orbital Delivery system (POD) for the DARPA Phoenix mission. The expected contract value for full development of the flight system is US$6 million.

22 Nov 2013

New Research Report on US DoD Unmanned Aerial Systems Market

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Analysis of the US DoD Unmanned Aerial Systems Market

19 Nov 2013

Swisscube Continues Mission Even After 22,000 Trips Around the Planet

Four years after its launch, Swisscube, the small satellite developed by EPFL’s Space Center, is still in operation. Some of the technological choices made and considered audacious at the time have yielded valuable lessons for building future spacecraft.

19 Nov 2013

Northrop Grumman, HCT Sign MOU for Fourth Annual Unmanned Aircraft Innovation Challenge

Northrop Grumman Corporation and the United Arab Emirates' Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to continue their highly successful science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) partnership known as Innovation Challenge into 2014.

19 Nov 2013

NASA to Launch MAVEN to Explore Martian Atmosphere

On Monday, November 18, NASA is set to launch MAVEN [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/overview/index.html] (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution), a small scientific satellite, to do some chemical meter-reading in the Martian atmosphere.

18 Nov 2013