This 30 second animation was created for the news media to convey the idea of onboard planning. The spacecraft is shown first as a wireframe model as Remote Agent "imagines" what it's going to do. In this case, it's going to fire thrusters to turn the spacecraft, then fire the main engine to accelerate. The spacecraft is then shown executing that sequence of actions in reality.

Size: 2.8Mb
Length: 30 Seconds
Type: Quicktime Movie

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