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  • NASA unveils Moon mapping robots ahread of manned mission.
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    NASA unveils Moon mapping robots ahread of manned mission.
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    Pictures must credit: NASA / JPL Caltech

    US space agency NASA has revealed the tiny Moon rovers that will be sent to map the lunar surface ahead of a manned mission.
    Three of the autonomous miniature bots are set to launch in 2024 to deploy cameras and ground-penetrating radar to create a 3D map of the celestial satellite.
    The suitcase-sized machines are due to arrive at the moon aboard a lander and be be lowered onto using tethers.
    Each of the four-wheeled vehicles will then drive to find a sunbathing spot, where they'll open their solar panels and charge up. 
    Once this has been completed, the bots will spend a full lunar day – about 14 Earth days – carrying out experiments designed to test their capabilities.
    The rovers are part of NASA's Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration project called CADRE for short.
    They will betake instructions from a base station aboard their lander .
    The robots will then choose a leader which in turn will distribute work assignments to accomplish the collective goal. 

    OPS:A model rover drives over a rock during a test for NASA’s CADRE project

    Picture supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

     

  • NASA unveils Moon mapping robots ahread of manned mission.
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    NASA unveils Moon mapping robots ahread of manned mission.
    Ferrari Press Agency

    Moon 1

    Ref 15008

    03/08/2023

    See Ferrari text

    Pictures must credit: NASA / JPL Caltech

    US space agency NASA has revealed the tiny Moon rovers that will be sent to map the lunar surface ahead of a manned mission.
    Three of the autonomous miniature bots are set to launch in 2024 to deploy cameras and ground-penetrating radar to create a 3D map of the celestial satellite.
    The suitcase-sized machines are due to arrive at the moon aboard a lander and be be lowered onto using tethers.
    Each of the four-wheeled vehicles will then drive to find a sunbathing spot, where they'll open their solar panels and charge up. 
    Once this has been completed, the bots will spend a full lunar day – about 14 Earth days – carrying out experiments designed to test their capabilities.
    The rovers are part of NASA's Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration project called CADRE for short.
    They will betake instructions from a base station aboard their lander .
    The robots will then choose a leader which in turn will distribute work assignments to accomplish the collective goal. 

    OPS:A CADRE test rover alongside a much larger engineering model of NASA’s Perseverance rover, called OPTIMISM.

    Picture supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

     

  • NASA unveils Moon mapping robots ahread of manned mission.
    DUKAS_158789483_FER
    NASA unveils Moon mapping robots ahread of manned mission.
    Ferrari Press Agency

    Moon 1

    Ref 15008

    03/08/2023

    See Ferrari text

    Pictures must credit: NASA / JPL Caltech

    US space agency NASA has revealed the tiny Moon rovers that will be sent to map the lunar surface ahead of a manned mission.
    Three of the autonomous miniature bots are set to launch in 2024 to deploy cameras and ground-penetrating radar to create a 3D map of the celestial satellite.
    The suitcase-sized machines are due to arrive at the moon aboard a lander and be be lowered onto using tethers.
    Each of the four-wheeled vehicles will then drive to find a sunbathing spot, where they'll open their solar panels and charge up. 
    Once this has been completed, the bots will spend a full lunar day – about 14 Earth days – carrying out experiments designed to test their capabilities.
    The rovers are part of NASA's Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration project called CADRE for short.
    They will betake instructions from a base station aboard their lander .
    The robots will then choose a leader which in turn will distribute work assignments to accomplish the collective goal. 

    OPS:A model rover drives over a rock during a test for NASA’s CADRE project

    Picture supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

     

  • NASA unveils Moon mapping robots ahread of manned mission.
    DUKAS_158789481_FER
    NASA unveils Moon mapping robots ahread of manned mission.
    Ferrari Press Agency

    Moon 1

    Ref 15008

    03/08/2023

    See Ferrari text

    Pictures must credit: NASA / JPL Caltech
    US space agency NASA has revealed the tiny Moon rovers that will be sent to map the lunar surface ahead of a manned mission.
    Three of the autonomous miniature bots are set to launch in 2024 to deploy cameras and ground-penetrating radar to create a 3D map of the celestial satellite.
    The suitcase-sized machines are due to arrive at the moon aboard a lander and be be lowered onto using tethers.
    Each of the four-wheeled vehicles will then drive to find a sunbathing spot, where they'll open their solar panels and charge up. 
    Once this has been completed, the bots will spend a full lunar day – about 14 Earth days – carrying out experiments designed to test their capabilities.
    The rovers are part of NASA's Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration project called CADRE for short.
    They will betake instructions from a base station aboard their lander .
    The robots will then choose a leader which in turn will distribute work assignments to accomplish the collective goal. 

    OPS:An engineer observes a prototype model rover during a test for NASA’s CADRE technology demonstration.

    Picture supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

     

  • NASA unveils Moon mapping robots ahread of manned mission.
    DUKAS_158789480_FER
    NASA unveils Moon mapping robots ahread of manned mission.
    Ferrari Press Agency

    Moon 1

    Ref 15008

    03/08/2023

    See Ferrari text

    Pictures must credit: NASA / JPL Caltech

    US space agency NASA has revealed the tiny Moon rovers that will be sent to map the lunar surface ahead of a manned mission.
    Three of the autonomous miniature bots are set to launch in 2024 to deploy cameras and ground-penetrating radar to create a 3D map of the celestial satellite.
    The suitcase-sized machines are due to arrive at the moon aboard a lander and be be lowered onto using tethers.
    Each of the four-wheeled vehicles will then drive to find a sunbathing spot, where they'll open their solar panels and charge up. 
    Once this has been completed, the bots will spend a full lunar day – about 14 Earth days – carrying out experiments designed to test their capabilities.
    The rovers are part of NASA's Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration project called CADRE for short.
    They will betake instructions from a base station aboard their lander .
    The robots will then choose a leader which in turn will distribute work assignments to accomplish the collective goal. 

    OPS:A model rover drives over a rock during a test for NASA’s CADRE project

    Picture supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

     

  • NASA unveils Moon mapping robots ahread of manned mission.
    DUKAS_158789478_FER
    NASA unveils Moon mapping robots ahread of manned mission.
    Ferrari Press Agency

    Moon 1

    Ref 15008

    03/08/2023

    See Ferrari text

    Pictures must credit: NASA / JPL Caltech

    US space agency NASA has revealed the tiny Moon rovers that will be sent to map the lunar surface ahead of a manned mission.
    Three of the autonomous miniature bots are set to launch in 2024 to deploy cameras and ground-penetrating radar to create a 3D map of the celestial satellite.
    The suitcase-sized machines are due to arrive at the moon aboard a lander and be be lowered onto using tethers.
    Each of the four-wheeled vehicles will then drive to find a sunbathing spot, where they'll open their solar panels and charge up. 
    Once this has been completed, the bots will spend a full lunar day – about 14 Earth days – carrying out experiments designed to test their capabilities.
    The rovers are part of NASA's Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration project called CADRE for short.
    They will betake instructions from a base station aboard their lander .
    The robots will then choose a leader which in turn will distribute work assignments to accomplish the collective goal. 

    OPS: A pair of plastic prototypes of the CADRE rovers demonstrate driving in formation during a test at JPL

    Picture supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)