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Space Data's StarFighter Repeater Platform, currently in use by the United States Air Force, extends the range of standard issue military two-way radios from 10 miles to nearly 500 miles. The concept is simple: fill a balloon with helium or hydrogen...
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Paul Manley, of L-3 Space & Navigation, discusses some of the most accurate gyros in the world that L-3 manufactures for use in satellite navigation: Fiber Optic Gyros (FOGs), Ring Laser Gyros (RLGs), and Star Sensors. In addition, the RIFCA (Redundant...
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Paragon has received authorization to begin work on NASA’s Constellation Space Suit System (CSSS). Paragon is beginning this work on the first major space suit redesign in over 40 years as part of a team led by Oceaneering International. Paragon has key...
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What does it take to grow plants on the Moon? Paragon Space Development Corporation CEO Taber MacCallum answers that question from the 25th International Space Symposium. Growing the first plant on another world has enormous symbolic importance as well...
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The first Moon flower will become a reality when private lunar expedition partners Odyssey Moon and Paragon Space Development Corporation deliver a biological greenhouse to the lunar surface. Google Lunar X PRIZE contender Odyssey Moon partnered with...
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Odyssey Moon's partnership with NASA will allow them to develop the "MoonOne" (M-1) lunar lander based on the Common Spacecraft Bus (CSB) developed at the NASA Ames Research Center. The Hover Test Vehicle used for ground testing of the CSB...
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From the 25th International Space Symposium, Bob Richards, CEO of Odyssey Moon, talks about their commercial space enterprise, their involvement with the Lunar X PRIZE, and some unique payloads they plan on delivering to the surface of the moon. Odyssey...
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The Mars Rover Project is one of the efforts of the Purdue Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS). The EPICS team has designed and built this exhibit with its community partner, Imagination Station-Black in Lafayette, Indiana. Applying new...
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EPICS is a unique program in which teams of undergraduates are designing, building, and deploying real systems to solve engineering-based problems for local community service and education organizations. Purdue’s EPICS program is the national model in...
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ETV is wrapping up for the year 2007, and we wanted to share the top viewed videos of the last year. This years top 10 included a futuristic car, a running robot, a portable EMI tent, water striding robotics and much more. Have a story suggestion? Want...
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With a renewed focus on space exploration comes a serious effort to keep astronauts healthy when in space for extended periods of time. Brian Davis Ph.D., of the Cleveland Clinic is working with NASA to find a way to reach this goal. Have a story suggestion...