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US-NASA-SPACE-TECHNOLOGY
TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY DAVID ANDERSON
The All-Terrain Hex-Limbed Extra-Terrestrial Explorer (ATHLETE), a prototype heavy-lift utility vehicle to support future human exploration of extraterrestrial surfaces, flexes its limbs as it moves across the northern Arizona desert, 15 September 2010 on the last day of NASA's two-week field testing of new aerospace technology at Black Point Lava Flow approximately 40 miles (64 km) north of Flagstaff, Arizona. The program, called Desert Research and Technology Studies (Desert RATS) is an annual opportunity for NASA engineers and scientists to stress test rovers and other cutting-edge space technologies in a series of field tests in an arid environment simulating the conditions found on the surface of the Moon, distant asteroids or Mars. AFP PHOTO / ROBYN BECK
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Flagstaff, Arizona, UNITED STATES |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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Robyn BECK |
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16 Septembrie 2010 |
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