Earth ID: 11259

GROVER Heads to Greenland

Released on May 1, 2013

NASA is ready to test a new student-designed rover at the Summit Camp in Greenland, a research station sitting on a two-mile thick sheet of ice. The Goddard Remotely Operated Vehicle for Exploration and Research, or GROVER, carries ground-penetrating radar capable of measuring snow accumulation over time.

Credits

Trent L. Schindler (USRA): Lead Animator
Jefferson Beck (USRA): Producer
Lora Koenig (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Michael Comberiate: Scientist
Rob Andreoli (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.): Videographer

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Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Polar Ice
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Spectral/Engineering >> Radar
GCMD >> Location >> Greenland
SVS >> Engineers
NASA Science >> Earth

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0