Buoyant Rover for under ice exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, USA

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Developer - Jet Propulsion Laboratory (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?2006)

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"Under-Ice Rover Chills With Fish at Aquatic Exhibit (https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4640)"

June 25, 2015

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Buoyant Rover for Under Ice Exploration

Published on Sep 24, 2015


Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory are developing the Buoyant Rover for Under-Ice Exploration, a technology that could one day explore oceans under the ice layers of planetary bodies. The prototype was tested in arctic lakes near Barrow, Alaska.

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https://youtu.be/nBzBeYsdNsM

Exploring Ocean Worlds with NASA Robots

Published on Mar 30, 2017


The search for life beyond Earth needs robots. But to explore distant ocean worlds like Europa, we’ll need a new set of tools to drill through ice, reach faraway samples and cross difficult terrain. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory recently finished a series of prototypes that might make that exploration a little easier.

"NASA Tests Robotic Ice Tools (https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6801)"

March 30, 2017