Netflix’s new documentary on the Space Shuttle Challenger has caused a lot of reflection and discussion about the tragedy. Blair Allen talks with NASA’s Mike Ciannilli about how NASA pays tribute and respect to our lost astronauts, and how NASA is working hard to learn from its own history to avoid tragedies and secure the safety of our future missions. Check it out!
Featuring:
– Mike Ciannilli
Not many people can accurately claim to have driving experience on multiple planets, but Keri Bean can! In addition to navigating traffic in Southern California, she also has the distinction of driving rovers on Mars. Blair Allen talks to Keri Bean about what it takes to drive Curiosity and how she will support Perseverance when it lands on Mars in February. Check it out!
Featuring:
– Keri Bean
NASA EDGE continues to look at NASA’s Safe and Precise Landing – Integrated Capabilities Evolution (SPLICE) technology suite. Sensors, algorithms, and a new computer for precise landings on other worlds will be flight tested on Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket. Franklin is joined by NASA’s Ron Sostaric and Glenn Hines to learn more about navigation Doppler lidar (NDL) and how it will be matured on New Shepard and prepared for flight on commercial robotic lunar landers. Check it out!
Featuring:
– Ron Sostaric
– Glenn Hines
Technologies to enable exact and soft landings on the Moon and other worlds will fly on Blue Origin’s next New Shepard suborbital rocket launch. The rocket’s flight path is relevant to lunar landings, providing a unique opportunity to mature sensors and algorithms for potential use on Artemis missions. NASA’s John Carson and David Rutishauser explain the technologies that makeup NASA’s Safe and Precise Landing – Integrated Capabilities Evolution (SPLICE) project. Check it out!
Featuring:
– John Carson
– David Rutishause
From the rim of Shackleton crater to permanently shadowed regions on the Moon, a NASA-developed sensor suite could allow robotic and crewed missions to land precisely on the lunar surface within half the distance of a football field.
Technologies to enable exact and soft landings on the Moon and other worlds will fly on Blue Origin’s next New Shepard suborbital rocket launch, targeted for 12:40 p.m. EDT Thursday, Sept. 24.
The rocket’s flight path is relevant to lunar landings, providing a unique opportunity to mature sensors and algorithms for potential use on Artemis missions.
“This public-private partnership is a great example of NASA and industry working together on common goals – to explore more of the Moon and eventually land humans on Mars,” said Jim Reuter, associate administrator for NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD). STMD selected Blue Origin for a Tipping Point award in 2018 to help increase access to planetary surfaces.
