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Tag Archives: Robots
When Soviets Roved the Moon
Between Curiosity stretching its wheels and heads for its first big target site, Glenelg, and Opportunity finding new “blueberries,” concretions left by ancient mineral-laden water flowing through rocks, rovers are pretty hot right now. But Mars isn’t the first body … Continue reading
Posted in History of Space Science, Moon, Unmanned Spaceflight
Tagged Luna, Lunokhod, Moon, Robots, Rovers, Soviet Space Program, Spaceflight, Unmanned Exploration
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Gearing Up for the Sky Crane
This Sunday night around 10:31 PST, the Mars Science Laboratory Sky Crane will deliver the rover Curiosity to the surface of Mars. It will land inside the geologically interesting Gale Crater, to be exact. Even among planetary landings it’s an … Continue reading
Sounds of Space
Have you ever stopped to wonder why, during planetarium presentations filled with stunning images from other worlds, there is always a classical music soundtrack? That’s because no one has managed to capture planetary sounds, but not for lack of trying. NASA’s … Continue reading
NASA’s LRO: Shedding New Light on Old Mysteries
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter keeps finding interesting things on the moon. Last week, LRO’s camera photographed the landing sites of Luna 23 and 24, two Soviet probes that landed in the 1970s. The images have enabled scientists to solve mysteries about … Continue reading
Posted in History of Space Science, Soviet, Unmanned Spaceflight
Tagged Moon, NASA, Robots, Soviet, Soviet Space Program
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Before This Decade is Out: Robotic Mars Edition
Decades make great sales tools. Kennedy used a decade timeframe to sell American on the moon in 1961. Robert Zubrin recently tried the same pitch and called for a manned mission to Mars by the end of a decade (Zubrin’s … Continue reading
Posted in Planetary Science, Unmanned Spaceflight
Tagged ESA, Landing Systems, Mars, NASA, Robots
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RATs and Monuments on Mars
In a previous post, I made the comment that I don’t necessarily think humans ought to colonize other planets; at least, not until we know a lot more about the environment upon which we intend to force ourselves. Manned exploration … Continue reading
Posted in History of Space Science, Planetary Science, Unmanned Spaceflight
Tagged Mars, NASA, Robots
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Planetary Landings, Another New Frontier
Frequent visitors to Vintage Space are doubtless aware that I am fascinated with the problem of landing from space. Faced with this unknown, the US and Soviet Union developed very different methods, parachute-controlled descent and splashdown and Earth-landing via parachutes, … Continue reading
Posted in Apollo, History of Space Science, Planetary Science, Unmanned Spaceflight
Tagged Landing Systems, Mars, NASA, Robots, Soviet
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