Honda Element - NASA [Experimental] Alien Recovery Unit (ARU).  Complete with working rack flood lights and strobe beacon.  GPS dome and satellite telemetry antenna connections in development.  Unit identifier 995 a tribute to the Police Spinner unit in Blade Runner.
Honda Element - NASA [Experimental] Alien Recovery Unit (ARU).  Complete with working rack flood lights and strobe beacon.  GPS dome and satellite telemetry antenna connections in development.  Unit identifier 995 a tribute to the Police Spinner unit in Blade Runner.
Phoenix II - Special Limited Edition NASA-JPL Land Based Expedition and Field Laboratory Vehicle
Phoenix II - Special Limited Edition NASA-JPL Land Based Expedition and Field Laboratory Vehicle
Phoenix II - Special Limited Edition NASA-JPL Land Based Expedition and Field Laboratory Vehicle
Expo: Booths from NASA and other organizations, Furnace Creek Visitor Center.
Mars Hill has been used to test engineering solutions to entry, descent, landing and trafficability problems of scientific craft bound for the planet Mars. In practice, this means that the rocks on the surface of Mars Hill are comparable in size, shape and abundance to those at the two Mars landing sites. Mars Hill and some of the Mars landing sites, particularly during the Viking 1 and Pathfinder missions, share a similar geologic origin. For instance, the evolution of alluvial fans in windy environments, like Death Valley, has produced a very good analog to the surface roughness of the Mars landing sites. Examples of alluvial fans, desert pavement, ventifacts and sand tails almost identical to those on Mars will be examined as field trip participants explore Mars Hill.
Mars Hill.
Dr. Rosalba Bonaccorsi and Death Valley National Park Education Specialist Stephanie Kyriazis – Studying Mars from Earth at The Ubehebe Volcanic Field
Honda Element - NASA [Experimental] Alien Recovery Unit (ARU). Complete with working rack flood lights and strobe beacon. GPS dome and satellite telemetry antenna connections in development. Unit identifier 995 a tribute to the Police Spinner unit in Blade Runner.
Honda Element - NASA [Experimental] Alien Recovery Unit (ARU).  Complete with working rack flood lights and strobe beacon.  GPS dome and satellite telemetry antenna connections in development.  Unit identifier 995 a tribute to the Police Spinner unit in Blade Runner.
Honda Element - NASA [Experimental] Alien Recovery Unit (ARU). Complete with working rack flood lights and strobe beacon. GPS dome and satellite telemetry antenna connections in development. Unit identifier 995 a tribute to the Police Spinner unit in Blade Runner.
See photo in original gallery.