Details about the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) power-system design. How power density was increased in radiation-hardened computer hardware. The NASA LRO Power System Electronics (PSE) ...

The NASA LRO Power System Electronics (PSE) architecture includes reliable standard internal and external communication buses, solid-state circuit breakers, and lithium-ion battery charge management.

A picture is worth a thousand words. Or, in this case, $504 million. At least, that’s what it cost to build the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), NASA’s robotic spacecraft that is currently orbiting ...

NASA has lost contact with its MAVEN spacecraft, which has been orbiting Mars for over a decade. The loss of signal occurred on Dec. 6 as the orbiter passed behind Mars from Earth's perspective. MAVEN ...