As 2024 begins, there is a lot to look forward to with the continuation of space exploration missions and new missions planned throughout the year. In fact, 2024 is shaping up to be a huge year for space exploration, from Earth’s surface to the lunar surface, Earth orbit to Mars, and a lot of places in between and beyond.
Over the past year, a number of exciting things have happened in space exploration. Motiv Space Exploration looks back at the year, from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returning a sample from an asteroid to the science…
JPL’s CADRE mission will demonstrate the use of an autonomous trio of rovers on the lunar surface. Motiv developed the mission operation and robotic hardware components. Each rover will operate without human control to map…
In a world first, the FCC has issued a fine against a satellite operator for failing to properly dispose of a spacecraft. To address space debris, robotic technology developed by Motiv can relocate or service…
Recently, researchers at Caltech demonstrated the feasibility of beaming energy from orbit to the surface of Earth.
Recently, researchers at Caltech demonstrated the feasibility of beaming energy from orbit to the surface of Earth.
Recently, researchers at Caltech demonstrated the feasibility of beaming energy from orbit to the surface of Earth.
Recently, researchers at Caltech demonstrated the feasibility of beaming energy from orbit to the surface of Earth.
On July 27, 2023, the Senate Commerce Committee advanced the Orbital Sustainability (ORBITS) Act to the full Senate.
In a recent interview with The Irish News Tech Podcast, our very own Tom McCarthy, VP of Business Development, discussed the crucial role of robotics in extending Artemis missions to the Moon.
Sputnik, launched in October 1957, was about the size of a basketball. Over the subsequent decades, satellites grew in size as they included more scientific and technological payloads.
In March, McKinsey & Co. published a report stating “Massive technological innovation is creating the opportunity for more capabilities to be deployed above Earth for the benefit of those on Earth.”
At the beginning of the year, after spending nearly 700 sols on the surface of Mars, the 2020 Perseverance rover completed its first sample depot.
In March of this year, NASA unveiled the spacesuit that astronauts onboard the Artemis III mission to the surface of the Moon will be wearing.
As service providers look for new ways to provide customers with more effective and far-reaching coverage, utilizing existing cellular frequencies transmitted from satellites in low-Earth orbit (LEO) moved one step closer to becoming a reality
The U.S. Space Force has announced a $1.6 million contract through its SpaceWERX research arm to demonstrate the construction of a 3-axis stabilized satellite on the Arkisys Port Module, a hexagonal long-duration space-based platform.
Early in the development of space exploration capabilities, the U.S. government began to rely on private companies for cost-effective solutions to complex engineering challenges.
To assist with reducing the number of satellites that are unoperational, space agencies around the world are looking into options to perform on-orbit servicing, which will include repairs, refueling, and redeployment.
The environments beyond Earth’s atmosphere are extreme, with temperature fluctuations that can expose hardware to cold unseen in Earth-based operations.
As NASA wound down the Space Shuttle Program and began to ramp up its Artemis Program while continuing to service the International Space Station, the space agency began to look to commercial companies to provide…
For space missions, whether robotic or manned, to be successful, it is necessary for things to be able to move. On robotic missions, wheels need to be turned and arms extended. During manned missions, solar…
The Artemis I mission ended successfully on December 11, 2022, nearly a month after NASA’s SLS rocket blasted the Orion capsule on a trajectory that took it beyond the Moon and back to prepare for…
Motiv Space Systems announces it has been selected by the US Space Force’s innovation wing, SpaceWERX, for a Phase 1 STTR to develop robotically aided Active Debris Remediation services. Motiv is excited to expand the…
As NASA continues to prepare for long-term exploration of the lunar south pole with its Artemis Program, tests of the advanced robotic systems that will be needed are beginning.
The use of smartphones has increased rapidly since Apple first introduced the iPhone in 2007. Being able to access the internet from anywhere a cell phone signal reaches has enabled widespread communication, shopping, data transfer,…
As humans, we have always desired to explore our surroundings. We have also spent thousands of years looking up into the night sky at the Moon, wondering what that luminous white body held.
Since the launch of Sputnik in 1957, space around Earth has grown increasingly cluttered. From spent rocket stages to pieces of satellites, as of May 2021, the U.S. Department of Defense Space Surveillance Network was…
The world in which we live poses challenges to the future of humanity. There are a number of factors outside of our control, as history has shown through extinction events that altered life on our…
From October 24th – 26th, not only will we be attending ASCEND Las Vegas, but we’ll be bringing a real live (ok, well not technically live, but you get the point) xLink robotic arm with…
With NASA’s announcement of funding for swimming robotic swarms to explore oceans on other solar system bodies, the importance of distributed space robots has become more apparent. As reported, the $600,000 in funding will seek…
NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover has successfully completed over a year and half exploring the Martian surface. A big part of the mission is the collection of samples.