Skypersonic Delivers Drones, Rover, and Piloting Platform to NASA’s Simulated Mars Missions
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The Skypersonic drone and rover system have been just lately examined on an energetic volcano, demonstrating their suitability to be used within the difficult surroundings discovered on Mars.
The {hardware} and software program delivered to Houston have been confirmed in August 2022, when NASA personnel stationed on the Johnson Area Middle managed the Skypersonic drones and rover on the Martian-like surroundings of Mt. Etna, an energetic volcano hundreds of miles away in Italy. Not solely was the floor of the volcano like that of Mars, however there isn’t any GPS sign on Mt. Etna, which gave NASA personnel perception into how the expertise would carry out on a Martian floor. As a result of its proprietary distant piloting expertise doesn’t depend on GPS, Skypersonic permits pilots, and the drones or rovers they management, to be positioned just about anyplace on the planet – or out of this world.
“This latest supply is the newest milestone in our five-year contract with NASA to supply drone and rover {hardware}, software program, and help to the Simulated Mars Missions. We look ahead to working intently with the Simulated Mars Missions crews within the coming years to develop and take a look at the prototype of the primary drones and rovers for use by people on Mars. The challenges are nice – extraordinarily skinny ambiance, dramatically chilly temperatures, a largely unknown surroundings – however I’m assured we are going to prevail and advance the science of our trade within the course of,” stated Skypersonic CEO Giuseppe Santangelo.
NASA personnel skilled on piloting the just lately delivered drones with Skypersonic’s Martian Simulator, a computer-simulation of the Martian surroundings based mostly on precise images and video of the floor of Mars.
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