Thursday, 20 September 2018

Analog astronauts test water-hunting radar for future Mars missions

The ScanMars radar unit was tested in the desert in Oman

Scientists from the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica's (INAF) Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali and the University of Perugia have developed a towable ground radar designed to look for water on the planet Mars. Resembling a tiny toy sled ona stick, ScanMars was recently tested in the Mars-like terrain in the Dhofar region of Oman by a team of analog astronauts during the February 2018 AMADEE-18 analog mission.

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