Mars rover being tested near the Paranal Observatory
A rover named Bridget (provided by Astrium, Stevenage in the UK) is being tested in the Atacama Desert close to ESO's Paranal Observatory. Bridget is part of the SAFER field trials — Sample Acquisition Field Experiment with a Rover. ESA's 2018 ExoMars mission is acting as the reference mission for the trial.
Credit:Mark Woods – Scisys
About the Image
| Id: | ann13085a |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 14 October 2013, 17:00 |
| Related announcements: | ann13085 |
| Size: | 3264 x 2448 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Atacama Desert, Paranal |
| Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory |
| Category: | Paranal |
