Skylight – A Small Rover with a Big Vision

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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 which 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. • To learn more about NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts program visit: https://www.nasa.gov/niac • For more information about the Skylight mission concept visit: https://go.nasa.gov/42UdcvD • To watch the in-depth presentation about this topic please visit the 2021 NIAC Symposium Vimeo site: https://vimeo.com/912832096#t=19327s • This video represents a research study within the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. NIAC is a visionary and • far-reaching aerospace program, one that has the potential to create breakthrough technologies for possible future space • missions. However, such early stage technology developments may never become actual NASA missions.

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