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At the Paris Air Show, the space agencies of France, Germany and Japan signed an agreement that will allow a robotic Franco-German rover aboard Japan’s Martian Moon eXploration (MMX) mission and land it on the surface of the Martian moon Phobos.Continu… Continue reading France, Germany, and Japan join forces for Martian moon rover mission
A cleaner, zero-emissions fuel cell-electric powertrain is one way of lessening a vehicle’s impact, and cutting the vehicle’s weight so that the powertrain can push the vehicle farther every fill-up is another. And with less weight, you can shrink the … Continue reading Ultralight foam-core runabout squeezes mileage out of small fuel cell
NASA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have officially called it quits on the Mars InSight lander’s “mole.” The instrument was designed to drill deep into the Martian soil, but hit a snag soon after deployment and has now been abandoned after almos… Continue reading InSight’s Mars “mole” abandoned after two years of troubleshooting
The German Aerospace Center has revealed a working prototype of a multi-use urban mobility and logistics vehicle called U-Shift, which is made up of an electric U-shaped base platform that’s used to ferry around various pod modules.Continue ReadingCate… Continue reading Electric U-Shift takes a modular approach to urban mobility
The German Aerospace Center, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt (DLR), and aerospace research institute Bauhaus Luftfahrt are studying how to make electric commuter aircraft practical. The Cooperation for Commuter Research (CoCoRe) project is usi… Continue reading Electric aircraft could find a role on short-range commuting routes
Just two weeks ago, the crew from the International Space Station released a photo of their nine crew members – an odd number considering that the facility only has space to house six astronauts at a time. In fact, the crew had just gathered for a celebratory dinner before three …read more
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is developing a new type of gyrocopter that gets rid of the pilot to provide more cargo space. The focus of the Automated Low Altitude Air Delivery (ALAADy) system, the ALAADy Demonstrator unmanned gyrocopter… Continue reading DLR develops unmanned gyrocopters to autonomously cart heavier cargo
Why we need space-based litter police. Continue reading Watch These Scientists Remotely Operate a Space Garbage Robot
It’s like the HAL-9000, but with less homicidal mania and more interest in Rubik’s Cubes. Continue reading Astronauts Will Welcome a Free-Floating Robot Head to the ISS This Summer