A sandy soil sample pours into the collection scoop, in this close-up of the ARADS life-detection rover at work during…
The ARADS rover prototype features a robotic arm that is programmed to collect soil samples from the rover’s drill and…
The Atacama Desert in Chile is one of the driest places on Earth. However, a rare rain event did occur…
At the top of the ARADS rover, seen here during testing in Chile’s Atacama Desert, is a gray cylinder that…
A spinning brush sweeps soil off the ARADS rover’s drill into a sample jar.
Linda Kobayashi, an electrical engineer on the ARADS team, helps install an instrument on the rover from below.
The Microfluidics Life Analyzer, or MILA, shown here before installation on the ARADS rover, is one instrument looking for signs…
Scientists from the ARADS astrobiology project recently did field work in Chile’s Atacama Desert, learning about the rare microbes that…
In the middle of Chile’s Atacama Desert, members of the ARADS team take soil samples for their research about the…
During field tests in the Atacama Desert, the ARADS project develops and tries out methods of doing science from a…
