Autonomous rovers exploring a lava tube (artist's impression) (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Autonomous rovers exploring a lava tube (artist's impression)

Caption

In this artist's impression of the breadcrumb scenario, autonomous rovers can be seen exploring a lava tube after being deployed by a mother rover that remains at the entrance to maintain contact with an orbiter or a blimp.

Credit

John Fowler/Wikimedia Commons, Mark Tarbell and Wolfgang Fink/University of Arizona

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