The Desert Research and Technology Studies group, known as D-RATS, ventured to Arizona to find out how to explore an asteroid.
NASA's 14th annual Desert RATS mission concluded with success.
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A 3-D environment combining NASA models with topography and satellite imagery to bring the analog field test to your computer.
An international crew of astronauts will venture into the Atlantic on Oct. 17, testing solutions to engineering challenges on an asteroid mission.
On Day 8, Crew A executes their last day of extravehicular activities and Crew B is spends their last day in the Deep Space Habitat.
The Desert RATS team goes through an "unscheduled simulation" of a possible impact event on the Deep Space Habitat, as bad weather causes a minor breach in the DSH shell.
Dr. Jacob Bleacher explains how the DRATS crew collects samples in the field, how samples are studied and documented in the GeoLab and the "special" protocols using new science instruments.
NASA's Desert Research and Technology Studies (Desert RATS) crew has reached the mid-way point in the 14th annual Desert RATS mission.
Dr. Jacob Bleacher describes how delayed communications, which would be experienced by astronauts on a deep space mission, are tested using technologies at Desert RATS.