Barack Obama will have to choose between continuing military operations lost forward in the Middle East, or fund space exploration. It will be a strategic choice for America, but also a choice for Europe. At this level, we should speak of a choice of civilization. The Committee appointed by Barack Obama to evaluate the U.S. [...]

Two years ago, the robot of Exploration Mars, Spirit, landed in the crater Gusev. The rover marked its first anniversary on Mars (687 days land) in November 2005 (see our news ). Shortly before the anniversary, the camera from the orbiter Mars Global Surveyor (AMS) carried a photograph covering an area d ‘about 3 km [...]

Motivation Mobile robots are of highest interest for unmanned planetary exploration The European Space Agency (ESA) is seeking for innovative micro-rovers for future missions to mars, moon and other planets Human guided mobile robots have a high potential also for various applications on earth

The crew aboard the International Space Station plugged and connected successfully Harmony connecting node that will be moored on the European science laboratory in early December. Built by Thales Alenia Space, Harmony was delivered to the ISS on STS-120 and installed in its final position on the U.S. Destiny science laboratory on 14 November. 2 [...]

Active on the Red Planet last 6 months, the robot Phoenix has ceased to function on 02 November. NASA announced the end of the mission, but watches a final burst of the probe.   Initialement scheduled to run 90 days, the Phoenix will probe resisted more than five months in harsh conditions at the North [...]