Tag: JPL

  • InSight into NASA’s next Mars lander

    InSight into NASA’s next Mars lander

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    This past week, NASA announced the approval of construction of the Interior Exploration Using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) Mars lander. Set to launch in 2016, InSight will study Mars’ interior structure and pave the way for an eventual manned mission to the Red Planet. Following Phoenix:InSight, to be constructed by Lockheed Martin, features…

  • Canada’s Dextre completes payload removals from CRS-3 Dragon

    Canada’s Dextre completes payload removals from CRS-3 Dragon

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    Canada’s SPDM (Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator), or Dextre as it’s commonly known, has completed the removal of payloads from the Trunk of the SpaceX CRS-3 Dragon spacecraft, which recently arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) with an array of supplies and equipment. Two major payloads rode uphill in the unpressurized aft of the Dragon,…

  • NASA’s MAVEN completes assembly ahead of mission to Mars

    NASA’s MAVEN completes assembly ahead of mission to Mars

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    Lockheed Martin engineers have completed the assembly of NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft, ahead of shipping to the Kennedy Space Center in August. MAVEN is scheduled to launch towards Mars in November – where it will study the Martian upper atmosphere. NASA MAVEN: MAVEN is a robotic exploration mission to understand the…