Deposits of ice in lunar dust and rock (regolith) are more extensive than previously thought, according to a new analysis of data from NASA's LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) mission. Ice would be a ...

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, are increasingly deployed for critical missions such as environmental monitoring, infrastructure inspection, and disaster response. Assessing the ...

It’s a complicated process – analyzing potential missions to other planets. Yet the highly technical task may go more smoothly in the future, thanks to a new set of NASA software tools. The new “tool ...

Mission analysis in the narrower sense, that means everything to do with orbit mechanics and transfer trajectories, is an essential part of development work from the very beginning of mission and ...