Maxar Delivers Robotic Arm for NASA’s Mars 2020 Rover
October 22 2019 - 5:00AM
Business Wire
Maxar extends its leadership in nimble
robotics by delivering its sixth robotic arm that will be used on
Mars
Maxar Technologies (NYSE:MAXR) (TSX:MAXR), a trusted partner and
innovator in Earth Intelligence and Space Infrastructure, today
announced that it has delivered the robotic Sample Handling
Assembly (SHA) for NASA’s Mars 2020 rover. As the Mars 2020 rover
explores the red planet, the SHA will process and store samples
acquired from the Martian surface. The SHA is the sixth robotic arm
that Maxar has designed, built and delivered for use on Mars.
As part of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, the Mars 2020 rover
will attempt to answer critical questions about the potential for
life on Mars. Maxar’s expert roboticists will now work closely with
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to integrate the arm with the Mars
2020 rover. After its planned launch in July 2020, the rover will
land at Jezero Crater to search for signs of livable conditions and
microbial life from the ancient past.
The Mars 2020 rover will use its drill to collect core samples
of the most promising rocks and soils and set them aside in a cache
on the surface of Mars. A future mission could potentially return
these samples to Earth. As part of the Adaptive Caching Assembly,
the Maxar-built SHA will manipulate, assess, encapsulate, store and
release collected Martian soil and rock samples.
“Maxar is a global leader in space infrastructure with over 60
years of experience,” said Megan Fitzgerald, Maxar’s Senior Vice
President and General Manager of Space Infrastructure. “We are
proud to contribute our innovative technology to the Mars 2020
mission. In addition to delivering robotic arms for planetary
exploration, Maxar is pioneering robotics technologies that will
enable space infrastructure to be serviced, assembled and
manufactured in orbit.”
Maxar is also providing a camera focus system for Mars 2020’s
SHERLOC instrument and WATSON imager. SHERLOC and WATSON will be
used to study the surface of Mars and support the selection of rock
and soil samples. Maxar provided robotic arms for previous NASA
Mars missions – the Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity rovers, and
Phoenix and InSight landers.
The operations of DigitalGlobe, SSL (Space Systems Loral) and
Radiant Solutions were unified under the Maxar brand in February;
MDA continues to operate as an independent business unit within the
Maxar organization.
About Maxar
Maxar is a trusted partner and innovator in Earth Intelligence
and Space Infrastructure. We deliver disruptive value to government
and commercial customers to help them monitor, understand and
navigate our changing planet; deliver global broadband
communications; and explore and advance the use of space. Our
unique approach combines decades of deep mission understanding and
a proven commercial and defense foundation to deploy solutions and
deliver insights with unrivaled speed, scale and cost
effectiveness. Maxar’s 5,900 team members in 30 global locations
are inspired to harness the potential of space to help our
customers create a better world. Maxar trades on the New York Stock
Exchange and Toronto Stock Exchange as MAXR. For more information,
visit www.maxar.com.
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