To help prepare for future missions to the Moon and eventually Mars, NASA is testing a pressurized lunar rover prototype in northern Arizona.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. NASA plans to send an Artemis I rocket into space within a month. This is part of it Plan to get Americans To return to the moon and explore more space. This was the first time in five decades since the Apollo missions.
Partners, including the NASA Research and Technology Studies Team (Desert RATS) and the US Geological Survey, ran rover operations about an hour from the Grand Canyon for more than two weeks. Training work focuses primarily on running pressure rover operations and improving existing technology. NASA experts say these capabilities are essential components of future Artemis missions.
The rover currently being tested was developed a decade ago. Teams of scientists are working to improve the technology currently in use.
NASA is conducting training missions in Flagstaff, Arizona, because the terrain is similar to what astronauts experience on the moon. (Fox News / Fox)
“We start with testing here on Earth, then we move on to testing on the Moon, then we use the Moon as a stepping stone to Mars,” said Barbara Januico, head of the Desert RATS mission.
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Members of the RATS Desert Team Moon mission simulator Living and working in a desert rover. During these exercises, NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency collect data on compact rover design, cabin configuration, driving modes, time constraints, and missing processes to support potential design concepts for future vehicles. compact rovers.
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This compact lunar module prototype is controlled by a joystick and can rotate the cockpit to help astronauts explore and see different regions on the Moon and ultimately Mars. (Fox News / Fox)
“We are contributing in a very small way to determining how we will explore the surface of the Moon and then Mars as part of Artemis,” Janoiko said.
The lunar rover has many functions Including a way for the crabs to walk, It will allow astronauts to drive over rough terrain and explore never-before-seen parts of the moon.
“We will be in the south pole region of the moon, so there will be very different geographies and topics about exploring a different part of the moon than before,” Janoiko said.
NASA is using this compact lunar rover prototype to learn more about the limitations of current technology to help develop a new version for future Artemis missions. (Fox News / Fox)
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NASA plans to use these pressurized spacecraft, starting with Artemis III and is expected to take place in 2025. The mission aims to get the first woman and first man to the moon.
