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NASA's Mars Mission Heralds an Unprecedented Era in Space Exploration

NASA's latest successful mission to explore the Red Planet drove London's Kingston University research team to develop a lighter framework for Mars rovers.

13 Aug 2012

Innovative Chip Drives Mars Rover Curiosity to Complete its Mission

Jet Propulsion Laboratory partnered with professor-student team at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville to develop microchip for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Rover “Curiosity”.

13 Aug 2012

Remarkable Image Sets from Curiosity Mars Rover

NASA's Curiosity rover and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) have generated significant image sets that will explain Curiosity's landing and its first days on Mars.

10 Aug 2012

Curiosity Rover Lands Safely Near Martian Mountain

The advanced Mars rover, Curiosity, safely landed on the Red Planet. Weighing 1-T, this rover was suspended from rocket backpack through ropes. Following a 36-week long flight, it landed on Mars, initiating two-year investigation.

7 Aug 2012

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

Energid Technologies has been chosen to deliver robotic control and simulation software for DARPA Phoenix. Phoenix is a multi-year program focused on creating and demonstrating novel technologies that can enable collection and re-use of valuable components resulting from inactive satellites present in geosynchronous orbit.

27 Jul 2012

QUAN to Implement Space-Age Technology in Earth Missions

The Industrial Research Institute for Automation and Measurements (PIAP), the latest target of Quantum International has already submitted bid for its initial contribution to the organization following Poland’s anticipation to partner with the European Space Agency (ESA).

26 Jul 2012

NRL’s Space Robotics Research Facility Installs Gravity Offset Table

The space robotics research facility of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Spacecraft Engineering Department recently acquired a single slab of solid granite-based 75,000 lb Gravity Offset Table (GOT).

20 Jul 2012

New Controllers for PI's 6-Axis Robotic Parallel Positioners

PI (Physik Instrumente) LP – a leading manufacturer of motion control systems for nano-automation — provides a complete line of highly accurate 6-axis robotic parallel positioners (Hexapod/SpaceFAB) for advanced applications in fields as diverse as bio/nano-technology, aerospace, medical technology and lasers/photonics.

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 18 Jul 2012

NASA 3-D App Provides Access to Real-Time Robotic Space Travel

A novel application developed by NASA provides a real time 3-D representation of the agency's robotic spacecraft. It is now available on the iPhone and iPad at free-of-cost.

12 Jul 2012

Emmen Aerospace to be Renamed as BOSH Technologies

Emmen Aerospace recently declared that it will be renamed as BOSH Technologies, an associate of The BOSH Group (TBG), and this will be effective from October 1, 2012.

5 Jul 2012