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Here's a first look at Mars' Concepcion Crater as NASA's Mars Exploration Rover, Opportunity, took this image in preparation for the first autonomous selection of an observation target by a spacecraft on Mars.
Read MoreLockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]has delivered the final block of a new flight software architecture that will provide highly reliable spacecraft command and control operations for the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit (GEO) satellite constellation.
Read MoreSRA International, Inc. [NYSE: SRX] today announced the successful launch of the TacSat-3 satellite that is using SRA’s spacecraft command language (SCL) software to provide autonomous control of critical flight operations.
Read More2008 was a great year for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Will 2009 be as grand?
Read MoreNASA and TTTech have signed a Space Act Agreement, with the objective of this partnership being to support NASA's technology needs for design of highly dependable integrated embedded systems.
Read MoreThe European Space Agency (ESA) has selected a team led by space software experts SciSys to undertake a proof-of-concept investigation into an innovative technique for securely partitioning on-board satellite software.
Read MoreAurora Flight Sciences announced the Company has been awarded a NASA contract to develop a new guidance, navigation, and control capability aimed at increasing the reliability of unmanned air vehicle (UAV) operations during the landing flare phase of flight.
Read MoreGreen Hills Software, Inc., has announced that Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation is using Green Hills Software’s INTEGRITY? real-time operating system in Ecliptic’s next-generation RocketCam™ Digital Video System (DVS).
Read MoreFrom the Strategy Page comes the report that UAVs may soon be true, self-thinking, autonomous craft.
Read MoreNASA is developing technologies that will allow lunar landers to automatically identify and navigate to the location of a safe landing site while detecting landing hazards during the final descent to the surface. This is important because future lunar missions will need this capability to be able to land safely near specific resources that are located in potentially hazardous terrain.
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