Tag: Lander

While in its landed configuration for the last time before arriving on Mars, NASA’s InSight lander was commanded to deploy its solar arrays to test and verify the exact process …

Welt der Wunder TV strahlt in Kooperation mit der Hilfsorganisation SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit eine Reihe von Dokumentarfilmen aus. Die Filme erzählen bewegende Geschichten in den SOS-Kinderdörfern in allen Regionen der Welt …

Highlights from coverage of ESA’s Rosetta mission soft-landing its Philae probe on a comet, the first time in history that such an extraordinary feat has been achieved. Including the presentation …

View on Kickstarter: The carry system is made up of 2 small bags, the Kit and the Parcel, as well as the 2 primary bags, Commuter and Travel. They are …

This battery powered toy has an ingenious but simple mechanism for reversing direction when it hits an obstacle. Initially it drives up the obstacle until it tips backwards. It keeps …

Entry Descent and Landing The Phoenix Entry Descent and Landing will be a real nail-biter for engineers on May 25, 2008. In order to survive, the Phoenix spacecraft must perform …

ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst performs a demonstration of how ESA’s Rosetta mission will attempt to put a lander, called ‘Philae’ on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. This demonstration visualises the …