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Mighty Eagle Scores Longest, Highest Flight Yet
The "Mighty Eagle," a NASA robotic prototype lander, reached its highest altitude and velocity -- and longest duration -- on Oct. 25.
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'Mighty Eagle' Lander Aces Major Exam
The "Mighty Eagle" robotic prototype lander flew to an altitude of 100 feet and descended to a landing during a free flight Sept. 5.
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'Mighty Eagle' Lander Takes 100-Foot Free Flight
The "Mighty Eagle," a robotic prototype lander, sailed to an altitude of 100 feet during another successful free flight Aug. 28.
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'Mighty Eagle' Robotic Lander Finds Its Target
NASA's "Mighty Eagle" successfully found its target during a 32-second free flight Aug. 16 at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
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'Mighty Eagle' Robotic Prototype Lander Flies
The "Mighty Eagle," a NASA robotic prototype lander, is soaring high again for a series of tests being conducted at the Marshall Center.
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Test Stands Make Way for Reusable Robotic Lander
The landscape around two historic test stands at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center has changed and now features a free-flying robotic lander.
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NASA Flies Robotic Lander Prototype to New Heights
NASA successfully completed the final flight in a series of tests of a new robotic lander prototype at the Redstone Test Center’s propulsion test facility on the U.S. Army Redstone Arsenal.
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NASA Robotic Lander Test Will Aid in Future Lander Designs
NASA will conduct a 100-foot robotic lander altitude test flight Friday, Nov. 4, to mature the technology needed to develop a new generation of small, smart, versatile robotic landers.
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Robotic Lander Gets Sideways
The "Mighty Eagle" robotic lander aces a complex maneuver -- a critical component for landing on airless bodies and planets without atmospheres.
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Marshall Center's Bassler Leads Robotic Lander Work
Illinois "farmgirl" Julie Bassler is now a NASA engineer developing a new robotic lander to explore the solar system.
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NASA's Robotic Lander Performs Second Free-Flight Test
NASA's Robotic Lander Development Project at the Marshall Center conducted the second free-flight test of a robotic lander prototype.
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NASA's Robotic Lander Takes Flight
Monday, June 13, marks the first free flight of this prototype for the Robotic Lander Development Project managed at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
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New Robotic Lander Tested at Historic Test Site
Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center began the first phase of integrated system tests on a new robotic lander prototype.
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NASA's New Lander Prototype 'Skates' Through Testing
NASA engineers have successfully completed system testing on a new robotic lander in support of the Robotic Lunar Lander Project.
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NASA Tests New Propulsion System For Robotic Lander
NASA's Robotic Lunar Lander Development Project has completed a series of hot fire tests for a new propulsion system for a robotic lander prototype.
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NASA Thruster Test Aids Future Robotic Lander
NASA and its industry partners have successfully completed a series of thruster tests that will aid in maneuvering and landing the next generation of robotic landers.
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NASA'S Lunar Spacecraft Completes Exploration Mission Phase
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, will complete the exploration phase of its mission on Sept. 16, after a number of successes that transformed our understanding of Earth's nearest neighbor.
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Down the Lunar Rabbit-hole →
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is beaming back images of caverns hundreds of feet deep -- beckoning scientists to follow.
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Old Moon Rover Beams Surprising Laser Flashes to Earth →
A Soviet robot lost on the dusty plains of the Moon for the past 40 years has been found again, and it is returning surprisingly strong laser pulses to Earth.
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NASA Invites Public to Take Virtual Walk on Moon
More than 37 years after humans last walked on the moon, planetary scientists are inviting members of the public to return to the lunar surface as "virtual astronauts."
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Wrinkle Ridges in Mare Tranquilitatis
Wrinkle ridges like these are common on lunar mare surfaces and have long been a subject of interest to lunar scientists.