Scientists from the University of Arizona are set to test their Mars drones in Iceland after receiving a $3 million grant from NASA. The grant was given as a part of a project that combines rovers and drones to explore more of the red planet.
The team is one of four selected out of 48 to receive complete funding from NASA’s Planetary Science and Technology Through Analog Research program.
The Raven project adds a new approach to planetary exploration by adding “fly” to the current list, including flyby, orbit, land, and rove.
Current drones sent to explore beyond Earth normally complete flybys of certain areas of a planet. The data collected is then sent to a rover on the ground, which then goes to the area and explores it, taking samples along the way.
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