Credit: NASA The Moon’s surface is covered by millions of craters, but it also hosts hundreds of very steep-walled holes known as pits. Like doorways to the underworld, photos of some pits clearly show a cavern beneath the Moon’s surface, suggesting that they are ‘skylights’ into extensive lava tubes that can be extremely wide and could even … Read More →
Lunar or planetary exploration rovers have and will continue to have the function of travel across areas in unknown environments within limited mission periods. Planetary and lunar surface generally consists of flat ground, sand, and scattered rocks. The localization of lunar rovers and robots is essential for carrying out important scientific functions and data gathering … Read More →
Illustration of the LunaNet architecture concept. Credit: NASA/Reese Patillo Lunar exploration has important strategic significance, the current major international space power and organizations will take the Moon exploration as a starting point for deep space exploration. Many have already launched a series of lunar activities. In planning for future human exploration activities in a lunar environment, the wireless communications infrastructure used will be of … Read More →
Humans have been building lunar landers since the 1950s, in anticipation of the first moon landing. The space industry is again planning for lunar exploration by sending astronauts and robots. However, this time the moon missions would be much different from the previous ones. These missions will need moon landers, but technologically are much more … Read More →
Technological improvements have made life easy in all aspects of life. One of the major advancements is robots, which have gained immense popularity. The robotic technology is deployed in many sectors and commercial fields and resulted in the overall enhancement of the processes. Robotic technology can be used in the space exploration sector for multiple roles. … Read More →
The world will face a severe energy shortage in the future because of the high demand to support billions of people and the shortage of fossil fuels. Renewable resources like wind and solar energy are volatile and weather dependent. To meet the increasing demand, alternative sources of clean, low-cost energy are required. This is a … Read More →
