Desert RATS

This video was shot on 14 September 2009 on a "day off" at NASA Desert RATS Base Camp. There are normally many more people here.

These shipping containers carry all of the tools and spare parts needed to keep the various Desert RATS rovers and robots in operation.

The NASA Desert RATS Lunar Electric Rover heads out of base camp on its last traverse before the end of its 14 day mission

The Challenger Center/Green Trails Energy Trailer is located on the road that enters Desert RATS base camp. As such we see all of what is coming and going. This afternoon, the Athlete rover wandered by, more or less on its own, stopped, and then moved on.

The Lunar Electric Rover (LER) rolls out for its last day of a 14 day mission. NASA Edge and Challenger Center/OnOrbit personnel used their cameras to get a gopher's eye view of the rollout and provided color commentary afterward.

Robert Howard from NASA JSC provides a tour of one of the mobile lunar habitat modules at NASA Desert RATS