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FOSS IN SPACE #6: Open Ghost
Here are this week's four free/libre space resources that are worth exploring:
1. Stuck the Landing
This past Sunday, Blue Ghost from Firefly Aerospace became the first commercial spacecraft to make a fully-intact landing on the Moon. It was guided every step of the way down to the lunar surface courtesy of the open source Nyx Space libraries for mission flight dynamics.
Link: Nyx Space and Rust Power Firefly's Blue Ghost Lunar Landing
2. Mission FOSS
NASA's GMAT is a space trajectory model/optimization and mission analysis system. Its free and open source under the Apache License and widely used in the space industry.
Link: GMAT
3. Test (more than) Twice, Fly Once
Gaining confidence that your software works as expected takes time and effort. This talk explores historical failures in spaceflight, and how Pytest is being used in a real-world example to test a spacecraft's software.
Link: Testing Spacecraft with Pytest
4. FUN Around the World
FUNcubes are UK amateur radio satellites (CubeSats) in Earth orbit. Their mission is to educate the public about radio, space, physics, and electronics. This article explores the design of the space segment software for the spacecraft. "If you think it's done test it again".
Link: Space, The Final Deployment!
Quote of the Week: "Y’all stuck the landing, we’re on the Moon!"
— Will Coogan, Blue Ghost Chief Engineer
Until next week....Onward!
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