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The Ultimate Mission-Critical Intelligent System: Fourth Generation Mars Rover Running Wind River Technology

The Ultimate Mission-Critical Intelligent System: Fourth Generation Mars Rover Running Wind River Technology

By Alex Wilson Wind River congratulates NASA JPL on its successful and historic Perseverance landing! Going back 5 years I wrote about Anniversaries & Coincidences . This was...

3 years 9 months ago

And Then There Was One

NASA concludes attempts to contact Mars Rover 'Spirit' Last night the news of Spirit's mission coming to a close hit my mailbox. For me, her journey started about eleven years ago...

13 years 5 months ago

Rendezvous with a Rock

MESSENGER spacecraft is approaching it's rendezvous with Mercury. After flying for over 2400 days, in a little over 24 hours (from writing this) MESSENGER will maneuver into orbit...

13 years 8 months ago

COTS in Space: Enter The Dragon

Congratulations to Space Exploration Technologies Inc, on their successful venture into orbit. By launching the Dragon into orbit, successfully orbiting the earth more than once...

13 years 11 months ago

VxWorks helping commercial spaceflight become a reality

The successful launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket (I should really say "launch vehicle") today was another great step for commercial spaceflight. The Falcon 9 has already...

13 years 11 months ago

BUT Can the Commercial Sector do Space?

With the recent demise of the ARES program, we are left without an institutional solution for accessing space. Not just returning to the Moon, etc, but maintaining our presence in...

13 years 11 months ago