The traverse train is not only the wave of the logistics future in Antarctic, but it may soon use some high-tech gadgetry to complete its mission even faster. Paul Thur […]
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ENDURANCE Robot Dives Into Ice-covered Lake Bonney In Antarctica
The robot that scientists deployed last year into ice-covered Lake Bonney in Antarctica’s McMurdo Dry Valleys isn’t small.
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Driving Across The Northwest Passage to Make Polar History
An international team of scientists has launched an expedition to drive the Northwest Passage on sea-ice this spring, marking the first time the Passage has ever been travelled in a […]
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ENDURANCE Dives Under the Ice in Antarctica's Lake Bonney
Scientists have brought the ENDURANCE underwater vehicle to Lake Bonney, a perpetually ice-covered salt lake located in Antarctica’s McMurdo Dry Valleys. ENDURANCE, an autonomous vehicle designed to swim untethered under […]
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South Pole Traverse on Track: Use of Tractors to Transport Cargo, Fuel Back in Vogue
McMurdo to South Pole. South Pole to AGAP South. Byrd Surface Camp to Pine Island Glacier. WAIS Divide field camp to McMurdo. McMurdo to Whillans Ice Stream.
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Online Course in Robotics Offered
The Robotics Alliance Project website will host an online course for college students on Aug. 6. The course prepares students to design space communication in the inner solar system. Experts […]
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Devon Island Drilling Update
Automated Drilling Field Demonstrations Exceed Goals, Go “Naked” in Haughton Crater 2006 DAME Tests To look for ice or especially organics on Mars, we will need to drill below the […]
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Possible Meteorites in the Martian Hills
From its winter outpost at “Low Ridge” inside Gusev Crater, NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit took this spectacular, color mosaic of hilly, sandy terrain and two potential iron meteorites. The […]
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NASA MEPAG Report: Science Analysis of the November 3, 2005 Version of the Draft Mars Exploration Program Plan
Prepared by the MEPAG ‘2005 Mars Program Plan Science Analysis Group’
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Chemical Guidebook May Help Mars Rover Track Extraterrestrial Life
To help a NASA rover eventually hunt for life on Mars, scientists are writing a chemical guidebook to aid the search for extraterrestrial life. Using new imaging tools and earthly […]