Above: The Astrobotic ‘Griffin’ lunar lander that will shuttle personal possessions to the lunar surface as part of the Google Lunar XPRIZE Competition. Credit: Astrobotic Ever hear the saying, “Shoot for the Moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the...
NASA’s Orion spacecraft is shown in the Pacific Ocean Dec. 5, 2014 off the coast of Baja, Mexico after a splashdown that followed a 4.5 hour test-flight roughly 3,600 miles from Earth. A team consisting of NASA, Navy, and the Orion contractor Lockheed Martin,...
Artist rendering of NASA’s Orion spacecraft reentering Earth’s atmosphere during its first test flight slated for Dec. 4, 2014. Credit: NASA. This Thursday (Dec. 4, 2014) NASA’s state-of-the-art Orion spacecraft will undergo its first test flight...
Team Incredibots pose with proud parents, mini robotic rovers, and a mock lunar lander at a PISCES planetary analogue test site near Hale Pohaku on Mauna Kea. The Incredibots, a team of Ohio youngsters who won the 2014 GLXP (Google Lunar X PRIZE) MoonBots Lego...
Former PISCES intern Nick Turner (right) with the UH Hilo SDAV team of researchers – Ryan Perroy (Left) and Arthur Cunningham (Center). Photo Credit: Hawaii Tribune Herald. Former PISCES intern and University of Hawaii at Hilo (UHH) graduate Nick Turner is...
The ‘Lunokhod 1’ robotic lunar rover circa 1970. Photo Credit: Lavochkin Today, robotic planetary rovers are becoming increasingly common. But 50 years ago, such a thing was nearly unheard of. That changed on Nov. 15, 1970, when the Soviet Union landed...
