A Northern Arizona University professor is involved in an out-of-this world mission: discovering more about Mars’ two moons.
The mission revolves around learning just that.
With a grant awarded by NASA, Edwards and students will assist in sending an uncrewed spacecraft to the moons to gather data about them and their surfaces, learning if there is water present, if they’re similar to our moon, and more. "It’s questions like that, that in my opinion are fundamental to how we understand our place as humans in the solar system," Edwards said.
The project is slated to launch next year with samples getting returned to Earth expected in the early 20-30’s. "There’s a lot of technology that continues to be developed as a part of these missions as well so, our ability to really push the limits to what human beings can really do with our technology," Edwards said.
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