Mars rover being tested near the Paranal Observatory

A rover named Bridget (provided by Astrium, Stevenage in the UK) is being tested in the Atacama Desert close to ESO's Paranal Observatory. Bridget is part of the SAFER field trials — Sample Acquisition Field Experiment with a Rover. ESA's 2018 ExoMars mission is acting as the reference mission for the trial. In this picture ESO engineers at Paranal are displaying a little "curiosity" towards Bridget.

Credit:

ESO/G. Hüdepohl (atacamaphoto.com)

About the Image

Id:ann13085d
Type:Photographic
Release date:14 October 2013, 17:00
Related announcements:ann13085
Size:7360 x 4912 px

About the Object

Name:Atacama Desert, Paranal
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory
Category:Paranal

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