This paper describes a non-intrusive technology with a micro-flying robot to continuously monitor inside a space vehicle for any stress-related fissures, cracks and foreign material embedded in walls, tubes, etc.Jorge BardinaRajkumar ThirumalainambiAeroTech Congress and Exhibition...
Sterritt, Swarms in space missions, in: Autonomous and Autonomic Systems: With Applications to NASA Intelligent Spacecraft Operations and Exploration Systems, in: NASA Monographs in Systems and Software Eng., Springer, 2009, pp. 207-221.Truszkowski, W., Hallock, H., Rouff, C., Karlin, J....
BEIJING, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- China is set to embark on a series of ambitious space missions in 2025, including a new sample return mission, and the debut of an array of new spacecraft, rockets and satellites, which will further enhance its deep-space exploration capabilities and lay a s...
New Space Missions in 2024ESA's Her a mission The European Space Agency (ESA) plans to launch its Her a spacecraft in October on a mission to return to an asteroid (小行星) system visited by NASA's DART spacecraft in 2022. Her a is designed to collect dat a on the targeted system...
Utilizing advanced cryogenic propellant technologies can enable the efficient use of high performance propellants for long duration missions. Crewed mission architectures for beyond low Earth orbit exploration can significantly benefit from this capability by developing realistic launch spacing for multiple ...
The Long March-5B Y2 rocket, carrying the Tianhe module, blasts off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province, April 29, 2021. China on Thursday sent into space the core module of its space station, kicking off a series of key launch missions that aim to...
Besides the above planned launch missions, several space agencies plan to perform exciting deep-space flyby missions in 2025. A flyby, or gravity assist, is when a spacecraft passes close enough to a planet or moon to use its gravity for a speed boost. As the spacecraft approaches, it ...
one hand passes another , the two line up . However , all three align much less often.The planet's orbits take much longer than the clock hand's trips around , so they line up even less often . The four planets' arrangement during the Voyager ...
Besides the above planned launch missions, several space agencies plan to perform exciting deep-space flyby missions in 2025. A flyby, or gravity assist, is when a spacecraft passes close enough to a planet or moon to use its gravity for a speed boost. As the spacecraft approaches, it...
President Xi Jinping meets representatives of space scientists and engineers who participated in the research and development of the Chang'e 5 lunar mission at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday. Xi also visited an exhibition about the Chang'e 5 lunar mission. WANG YE/XINHUA Pr...