Checking the mineral composition of some weathered rocks with the ASD TerraSpec Halo Mineral Identifier which serves as a tricorder in this activity.
These samples become the “ground truth” for the measurements from the VADIX prototype camera system which flew over the crater island site, taking photos and measurements from the air.
VADIX stands for the Venus Analogue Descent Imaging Experiment, an airborne prototype camera system developed by NASA. Its primary function is to test the specialized infrared cameras that will fly on NASA’s upcoming DAVINCI mission probe to Venus
Astrobiology, Astrogeology, Tricorder,
