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Robot care for orbiting satellites

The team at the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Naval Centre for Space Technology (NCST)...

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Thruster lifespan tester

Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed a technique that will help determine the lifetime of electric propulsion systems for autonomous space vehicles. The team used data from low-pressure chamber experiments and large-scale computations to develop a model...

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Mars ‘copter reaches 50

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has completed its 50th flight on the Red Planet...

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ISS craft nears launch 

Sierra Space has completed a key step in its preparations for the launch of its Dream Chaser...

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Space tests for rollable solar cells

Rollable perovskite photovoltaic (PV) solar cells are being tested in orbit to provide power for satellites...

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Four-legged robots explore Moon-like terrain

Researchers are teaching dog-like robots to navigate craters of the Moon and other challenging...