"Generic Spacecraft" is a library of software developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) that provides for simulation of a generic spacecraft that can orbit the Earth and land on the Moon (and, eventually, on Mars). The generic-spacecraft simulation serves as a test bed for modeling spacecraft dynamics, propulsion, control systems, guidance, and displays.

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A computer program has been written by JPL for use in maintaining the calibration, with respect to the positions of imaged objects, of a stereoscopic pair of cameras on each of the Mars Explorer Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity. The program identifies and locates a known object in the images. The object is part of a Mössbauer spectrometer located at the tip of a robot arm.

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A computational-simulation study of distributions of electric current and temperature in brushes and slip rings in two model homopolar-motor/generator configurations was performed by the Naval Research Center in support of the development of a superconducting homopolar motor/generator machine for ship propulsion.

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