February 2022
FPGA computing reaches new heights
... Xilinx XQRKU060 offers a 5-10 times performance enhancement even when compared with the devices used on the latest Mars missions. This opens up a very wide range of new applications including advanced signal processing in space, compressing and...
March 2016
The Use of 3D Printing for Space Applications
... not possible with traditional processes. Moreover, the described technologies which offer solutions for the Moon or Mars missions may also be adopted on Earth, where 3D printing structures using solar power and in-situ resources could support...
14 August 2017
Falcon 9 to launch super-computer and army satellite
... Earth at long distances will have a lag of up to twenty-four minutes, which can be potentially dangerous for astronauts on Mars missions. “Such a long communication lag would make any on-the-ground exploration challenging and potentially dangerous...
July 2021
Collaboration and competition in lunar exploration
... the rationale for heading back to the Moon, and it is considered as a central piece in the development of future crewed Mars missions. Numerous initiatives - such as the NASA-led Artemis programme and the Russian-Chinese International Lunar Research...
11 February 2016
$19 Billion NASA Budget Proposed by White House
... the NASA budget. “This imbalanced proposal continues to tie our astronauts’ feet to the ground and makes a Mars mission all but impossible.” Radzanowski said that the budget supports a 2018 launch of the first SLS/Orion...
02 July 2019
Orion spacecraft's launch abort test completed successfully
...emergency during launch. The test is another milestone in the agency’s preparation for Artemis missions to the Moon that will lead to astronaut missions to Mars. During the approximately three-minute test, called Ascent Abort-2, a test version of the...
