NASA - Past Desert RATS Missions

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Desert RATS 2011: Wrap-up Report

NASA's 14th annual Desert RATS mission concluded with success.
Desert RATS 2011: Mid-way Report

NASA's Desert Research and Technology Studies (Desert RATS) crew has reached the mid-way point in the 14th annual Desert RATS mission.
Desert RATS 2010 Complete 13th Annual Field Test

Space Exploration Vehicles, sample collection and communications tools, navigation systems, and the Habitat Demonstration Unit were among the technologies tested.
Desert RATS 2009 14-Day Analog Mission

An astronaut and a geologist live inside a rover for 14 days, and the team demonstrates technologies including the Tri-ATHLETE heavy lift rover and two K-10 robots.
Desert RATS 2008: Three Days in the Desert Tests Lunar "RV"

Two people, three days, 10 cubic meters. That sums up one of the main tests for this year's Desert RATS tests at Black Point Lava Flow in Arizona.
Desert RATS 2007: NASA RATS Bring the Moon to Earth

Once a year, the Agency's RATS (Research and Technology Studies) team makes its way to remote a location in the Arizona or California desert to bring the moon right down to Earth -- Figuratively speaking that is.
Desert RATS 2006: Demonstrating EVAs and Robotic Operations

In early September scientists will descend on a remote part of Arizona, Cinder Lake to test in an environment similar to that of the Moon and Mars.