Sojourner ran VxWorks RTOS on Mars
Sojourner goes to Mars running on VxWorks

Industry Links

Design guidelines and examples:
RTOS to another planet: VxWorks goes to Mars on Pathfinder mission
Humanoid Robot (Honda)
High-Performance Rocket (HPR) Guidance
Video and telemetry recording systems (APLabs)
 CASE tools for various methods/diagrams

National Instruments References

Real Time Development Tools:
 Tornado (WindRiver)


Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS):

VxWorks (WindRiver)
pSOSystem (WindRiver)
Places to examine/order hardware:
Aitech
AP Labs (people who build enclosures and write drivers for Industry Packs)
Digikey
National Instruments (great for data acquisition and control)
Planet Microchip
SBS (Green Spring Computers -- people who build Industry Packs)