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Monthly Archives: August 2010
A crowd of more than 150 students and faculty packed a lunar expo Thursday in Carnegie Mellon’s Planetary Robotics Lab that showcased the progress achieved toward winning the Google Lunar X Prize and creating a sustainable series of exploration missions. The Astrobotic-led mission relies on the experience and technical prowess of the university’s Robotics Institute… {read more}
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PITTSBURGH, PA – August 23, 2010 – Astrobotic Technology, a Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) spin-off company has announced that Caterpillar Inc. will be a sponsor its first robotic expedition to the lunar surface. The initial Astrobotic mission will revisit the Apollo 11 site in April 2013 with a five-foot tall, 160-lb. robot broadcasting 3D high-definition… {read more}
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The Astrobotic Technology spacecraft employs small thrusters at each of its four corners to control its attitude, or pose in space, so that the main engine points in the right direction for its major burns and the spacecraft touches down cleanly. The video shows a reduced-size platform that demonstrates sensor fusion between inertial and absolute… {read more}
Astrobotic’s initial Moon expedition now is racing for up to $36 million in rewards from NASA, the Google Lunar X Prize and the Florida launch bonus, as documented in today’s edition of the Pittsburgh Tribune Review: http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_694317.html
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PITTSBURGH, PA – August 6, 2010 – Astrobotic Technology, a Carnegie Mellon University spin-off company devoted to robotic exploration of the Moon, announced that it will pursue NASA’s offer to buy up to $10 million in data from a commercial lunar lander mission. The space agency announced its Innovative Lunar Demonstrations Data (ILDD) program today… {read more}
NASA seeks secrets of commercial moon landers August 9, 2010 By David Shiga Swallowing its pride, NASA says it wants to learn from future commercial missions to the moon – and it is willing to pay up to $30 million for the privilege. The space agency wants to take advantage of the flurry of activity… {read more}
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