What's New Archive
[10 May 2004]
Ranger featured on NPR's Morning Edition report "Robot to Hubble's Rescue."
[10 May 2004]
Ranger mentioned in "NASA Weighs Robotic Mission to Aid Hubble," a story in the Washington Post.
[5 May 2004]
First underwater motion of Ranger's right dexterous arm! Photos are online.
[3 May 2004]
Ranger mentioned in "NASA considers robot to save Hubble,"
a story on REDNOVA.
[3 May 2004]
Ranger mentioned in "NASA considers robot to save Hubble,"
a story on globeandmail.com.
[2 May 2004]
Ranger mentioned in "NASA robot worker may rescue Hubble telescope,"
a story in The Enquirer.
[2 May 2004]
Ranger mentioned in "NASA Considers Robot To Save Hubble,"
a story on Local6.com.
[2 May 2004]
Ranger mentioned in "Robot may repair Hubble telescope,"
a story on The Daily Oakland Press.
[2 May 2004]
Ranger mentioned in "Robot could be sent to fix Hubble,"
a story in The Charlotte Observer.
[2 May 2004]
Ranger mentioned in "Robot may save day for Hubble; Canadian-made robot being considered,"
a story on Canoe.
[May 2004]
Ranger mentioned in "Robot may save day for Hubble;
NASA, National Academy of Sciences exploring options," a story on Foster's/Citizen Online.
[1 May 2004]
Ranger mentioned in "Robots to the rescue for the ailing Hubble?,"
a story in the Baltimore Sun.
[1 May 2004]
Ranger mentioned in "NASA Considers Robot to Save Hubble,"
a story by the Associated Press.
[29 Apr 2004]
Ranger mentioned in "Robots may add to Hubble’s life,"
a story on Newsday.com.
[28 Apr 2004]
Photos from leak test of Ranger's right dexterous arm.
[28 Apr 2004]
Ranger mentioned in "Hubble's robotic options more promising than expected,"
a story on USAToday.com.
[27 Apr 2004]
Ranger mentioned in "NASA: Robotic repair of Hubble 'promising'," a story on CNN.com.
[26 Apr 2004]
Ranger mentioned in "O'Keefe Says Robotic Options for Hubble More Promising than Thought,"
a story in Space News.
[26 Apr 2004]
Ranger mentioned in "NASA chief sees hope for robotic Hubble repair: Possibilities to extend telescope’s life look ‘more promising’,"
a story on MSNBC.com.
[24 Apr 2004]
Maryland Day photos.
[16 Apr 2004]
Ranger NBVII dive photos.
[15 Apr 2004]
Ranger mentioned in "Robotic Hubble Servicing Mission Plans Under Review,"
an article on space.com. There is also a nice photo online.
[14 Apr 2004]
Dual manipulator HST ECU changeout photos.
[Spring 2004]
Ranger dexterous manipulator featured in "Deep Sea Robotics Hold Clues for Space Travel,"
an article about the ASTEP project in the spring 2004 edition of the Engineering School's Engineering @ Maryland magazine.
[9 Apr 2004]
Dual manipulator HST ECU changeout photos.
[2 Apr 2004]
Dr. Dave Akin and members of the SSL present concepts and technologies for robotic servicing of HST at NASA/Goddard.
The PowerPoint slides (28 Mb PPT) and
a PDF copy (34 Mb PDF) of the presentation are online.
[26 Mar 2004]
Ranger mentioned in "Robots may come to
Hubble's rescue," a story in the Denver Post.
[25-26 Mar 2004]
WHOI visits the SSL.
[25 Mar 2004]
Ranger mentioned in "NASA seeks robotic rescuers to
give Hubble extra lease of life," an article in Nature.
[23 Mar 2004]
Dr. Dave Akin and the SSL submit a
white paper in reponse to NASA's request for information on HST servicing (2.6 Mb PDF).
There is a nice one-page summary (450 Kb PDF)
of the mission concept.
[22-23 Jan 2004]
SSL ASTEP team visits WHOI
[Jan 2004]
SSL receives NASA ASTEP research grant
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