The Hindu·3 min read·medium
PRAXIS: a NASA mission to graze planet rings
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Vasudevan Mukunth
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NASA has selected the PRAXIS mission concept for phase I funding, which aims to explore planetary rings using an AI-driven robotic explorer. The spacecraft will perform touch-and-go sampling of ring particles using a deployable boom to avoid collision hazards.
PRAXIS is an acronym of ‘Planetary Rings Autonomous EXploration with In-situ Sampling’. NASA has just selected a mission concept called ‘PRAXIS’ for its Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) 2026 phase I funding.
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