Skylight—A Small Moon Rover with a Big Vision | NASA Artemis

Skylight—A Small Moon Rover with a Big Vision | NASA Artemis

Researchers are working on a mission concept to explore and model lunar craters and pits. Planetary pits are visionary destinations for exploration and science. They are gateways to caves that offer havens for human habitation and are also high priority targets for science. This mission concept, called Skylight, proposes technologies to rapidly survey and model craters and pits. This mission would use high-resolution images to create 3D models of the environment. The data would be used to determine whether a crater can be explored by future human or robotic missions.

NASA 360 takes a look at the NASA Innovative Advanced Concept (NIAC) that could dramatically accelerate lunar exploration. 

For more information about the Skylight mission concept visit: https://go.nasa.gov/42UdcvD

To learn more about NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts program visit: https://www.nasa.gov/niac

To watch the in-depth presentation about this topic please visit the 2021 NIAC Symposium Vimeo site: https://vimeo.com/912832096#t=19327s

Video Credit: NASA 360

Duration: 2 minutes, 14 seconds

Release Date: July 19, 2024

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