Spacecraft Navigation
How Knot Theory Can Help Spacecraft Can Change Orbits Without Using Fuel
When a spacecraft arrives at its destination, it settles into an orbit for science operations. But after the primary mission…
7 months ago
Deep Space Atomic Clocks Will Help Spacecraft Answer, with Incredible Precision, if They’re There Yet
How do spacecraft know where they are? There's no GPS out there. Right now, it involves sending a signal to…
5 years ago
Navigating the Solar System Using Pulsars as GPS
Picture the scene: It's the not too distant future and humanity has started to construct colonies and habitats all across…
11 years ago
How Will MSL Navigate to Mars? Very Precisely
Getting the Mars Science Laboratory to the Red Planet isn’t as easy as just strapping the rover on an Atlas…
13 years ago