Thursday, October 28

NASA testin Robot Satellite Seeker

From Discovery Channel:

"A high-stakes test to determine if a robotic probe can automatically find a satellite and maneuver around it will take place next week off the California coast.

After a ride to space aboard an air-launched Pegasus rocket, NASA's Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous Technology spacecraft will get to work. DART's mission is to see if a robot can handle a task NASA previously has trusted only to astronauts: linking up two spacecraft in orbit. "