Curiosity runs on VxWorks

By Thom Holwerda on 2012-08-06 14:42:22

As the first images of the Mars Curiosity lander start pouring in, let's talk about what operating system it runs. As I found out via Hacker News, the project runs on VxWorks, a very popular embedded operating system used for truly mission critical tasks. I'd love to know just how much work has gone into making it bug-free - this isn't the kind of environment where you want code to fail.

21

Recent related stories - Wi-Fi Light Bulbs to run the Open Source Contiki OS - 2013-06-18 - MenuetOS 0.99.16 released - 2013-06-18 - OpenVMS taken out back, single gunshot heard - 2013-06-10 - Genode 13.05 automates testing and benchmarking - 2013-05-31 - 32 bit kernel written in Rust - 2013-05-26 - More related articles

 

News	Features	Interviews
Blog	Contact	Editorials