My research team and I are now camped on the shores of Lake Obersee, a few km NE of Lake Untersee in the mountains of Queen Maud Land. It was […]
Robotics/Rovers/UAVs
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Reports Detail Mars Rover Clues to Atmosphere’s Past
A pair of new papers report measurements of the Martian atmosphere’s composition by NASA’s Curiosity rover, providing evidence about loss of much of Mars’ original atmosphere.
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Zoe Robot Searches for Subsurface 'Martian' Life in Chilean Desert
The autonomous, solar-powered Zoe, which became the first robot to map microbial life during a 2005 field expedition in Chile’s Atacama Desert, is heading back to the world’s driest desert […]
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Liquid Robotics Awarded Guinness World Record for PacX Journey Across the Pacific
Liquid Robotics(R), an ocean data services provider and developer of the Wave Glider(R), announced it has been officially awarded the Guinness World Record for the longest journey of an unmanned […]
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Mars Icebreaker Life Mission
Missions to Mars have only scratched its surface. To go deeper, scientists are proposing a spacecraft that can drill into the Red Planet to potentially find signs of life.
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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Status Report 21 November 2012, Novolazarevskaya Station, Antarctica
Received from Dale Andersen Novolazarevskaya Station, Antarctica, on 21 November 2012 via Iridium email:
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Human and Robotic Astrobiological Research in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
Presenter: Peter T. Doran (University of Illinois, Chicago) May 21, 2012 11:00 AM Pacific The extreme cold and dry environment of the McMurdo Dry Valleys have made it one of […]
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Video: A Night Dive in Pavilion Lake, British Columbia
Dale Andersen: During the Pavilion Lake Research Project (PLRP) field season of 2009, Dr. Ian Hawes and I made several night dives.
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Video: Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Exploring Pavilion Lake With SCUBA And ROVs
Underwater video taken with my Sony PMW-EX1 in a Gates Housing of ongoing research in Pavilion Lake. Dr. Ian Hawes is seen measuring photosynthetic competency within the microbialite structures. The […]
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Away Team Report: Haughton Mars Project – Sea-Ice Traverse Mission Completed
An international team of researchers led by Mars Institute scientist Dr. Pascal Lee successfully reached Devon Island, High Arctic, on Sunday, 16 May, 2010 after a 13-day, 150 km vehicular […]