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NASA Schedules Robotic Spacecraft Launch

Posted by timothy on from the can-squeeze-you-in-next-thursday dept.

Nathan writes "NASA has finally set the launch date for their first robotic spacecraft, intended to "rendezvous in orbit with other satellites without any human intervention", to the 15th of April. The spacecraft, called "DART" as an acronym for "Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous", cost $110 million dollars and weighs 800 pounds."

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  1. Hubble by b0lt · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Is there any way to use it to (attempt to) fix Hubble? There's not all that much risk, it would keep Hubble operational, and it would test robotic technology. Is the robot functional enough to carry out repairs?

    -b0lt

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