Product category: Embedded Software and Operating Systems
News Release from: Wind River Systems | Subject: VxWorks
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 19 July 2007
RTOS to take charge of Martian mission
The Rad6000 computer onboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft will run on VxWorks.
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft is scheduled to be launched from Florida on 3rd August 2007, with the intention of landing on a Martian arctic plain early in 2008 A collection of instruments, including a robotic arm and soil-sampling facilities will be onboard, powered by the Rad6000 onboard computer - running Wind River VxWorks
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 23 Oct 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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