Category: lunar rover

NASA tests its water-hunting lunar rover VIPER

Post author By Randall
Post date January 14, 2020
Categories In lunar rover, Nasa, Space, Tech, tomorrow, viper, volatiles investigating polar exploration rover

[ad_1] SLOPE has a large, adjustable soil bin, which allowed the rover’s engineers to gather the data needed to evaluate the traction of the vehicle and its wheels. The test also gave them a way to compare different methods for traversing steep slopes to determine the most feasible ones. Its results will help them figure […]

China’s rover finds mysterious minerals on the far side of the moon

Post author By Randall
Post date May 17, 2019
Categories In chang'e-4, change4, China, china national space administration, crater, dark side of the moon, discovery, low-calcium pyroxene, lunar lander, lunar rover, mantle, minerals, Moon, olivine, sample, Space, Tech, tomorrow, von karman, yutu, yutu-2

[ad_1] Chang’e-4 intentionally landed inside the moon’s Von Kármán crater, one of the largest known impact structures in the solar system. As National Geographic points out, if scientists are going to find lunar mantle material anywhere, that’s a good place to look. In exploring the carter’s basin, Yutu-2 reportedly found two minerals: low-calcium (ortho)pyroxene and […]