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'Mighty Eagle' Lander Aces Major Exam
The "Mighty Eagle" robotic prototype lander flew to an altitude of 100 feet and descended to a landing during a free flight Sept. 5.
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'Mighty Eagle' Lander Takes 100-Foot Free Flight
The "Mighty Eagle," a robotic prototype lander, sailed to an altitude of 100 feet during another successful free flight Aug. 28.
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'Mighty Eagle' Robotic Lander Finds Its Target
NASA's "Mighty Eagle" successfully found its target during a 32-second free flight Aug. 16 at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
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'Mighty Eagle' Robotic Prototype Lander Flies
The "Mighty Eagle," a NASA robotic prototype lander, is soaring high again for a series of tests being conducted at the Marshall Center.
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Test Stands Make Way for Reusable Robotic Lander
The landscape around two historic test stands at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center has changed and now features a free-flying robotic lander.
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NASA Flies Robotic Lander Prototype to New Heights
NASA successfully completed the final flight in a series of tests of a new robotic lander prototype at the Redstone Test Center’s propulsion test facility on the U.S. Army Redstone Arsenal.
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Robotic Lander Test Aids Future Lander Designs
NASA will conduct a 100-foot robotic lander altitude test flight Friday, Nov. 4, to help develop a new generation of versatile robotic landers.
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Robotic Lander Gets Sideways
The "Mighty Eagle" robotic lander aces a complex maneuver -- a critical component for landing on airless bodies and planets without atmospheres.
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Marshall Center's Bassler Leads Robotic Lander Work
Illinois "farmgirl" Julie Bassler is now a NASA engineer developing a new robotic lander to explore the solar system.
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NASA's Robotic Lander Performs Second Free-Flight Test
NASA's Robotic Lander Development Project at the Marshall Center conducted the second free-flight test of a robotic lander prototype.
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NASA's Robotic Lander Takes Flight
Monday, June 13, marks the first free flight of this prototype for the Robotic Lander Development Project managed at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
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New Robotic Lander Tested at Historic Test Site
Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center began the first phase of integrated system tests on a new robotic lander prototype.
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NASA's New Lander Prototype 'Skates' Through Testing
NASA engineers have successfully completed system testing on a new robotic lander in support of the Robotic Lunar Lander Project.
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NASA Tests New Propulsion System For Robotic Lander
NASA's Robotic Lunar Lander Development Project has completed a series of hot fire tests for a new propulsion system for a robotic lander prototype.
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NASA Thruster Test Aids Future Robotic Lander
NASA and its industry partners have successfully completed a series of thruster tests that will aid in maneuvering and landing the next generation of robotic landers.
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NASA 'Drops' Next Generation Robotic Lander During Autonomous Tests
NASA has successfully completed a series of autonomous "drop" tests of a robotic lander test article.
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Robotic Lunar Lander Testing
NASA has successfully demonstrated the first autonomous flight of a new robotic lunar lander test article.
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Robotic Lunar Lander Thruster Hot-Fire Tests
On Sept. 15, 2009, NASA successfully completed a series of hot-fire tests for a new generation of multi-use robotic lunar landers.