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CADRE Rover Awaits Shipping

One of three small lunar rovers that are part of a NASA technology demonstration called CADRE (Cooperative...

Packing Up a CADRE Rover

Engineers and technicians prepare one of three small lunar rovers that are part of a NASA technology demonstration...

Taking a CADRE Rover in Hand

One of three small lunar rovers that are part of a NASA technology demonstration called CADRE (Cooperative...

CADRE Team in the Mars Yard

Members of NASA's CADRE (Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration) technology demonstration team pose...

Completed CADRE Rover in the Clean Room

With its solar panels open, a small rover that is bound for the Moon sits in a clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion...

CADRE Rover Gets a Big Shake

A small Moon-bound rover is clamped to a special "shaker table" that vibrates intensely to make sure the hardware...

CADRE Mini Rover Drives Over a Rock

A development rover that is part of NASA's CADRE (Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration) technology...

CADRE ATLO Team Presents Completed Rovers

Members of the assembly, test, launch, and operations team for NASA's CADRE (Cooperative Autonomous Distributed...

CADRE Rovers Explore the Moon Together (Artist's Concept)

This animated artist's concept depicts three small rovers – part of NASA's CADRE (Cooperative Autonomous Distributed...

CADRE Rover Undergoes Electromagnetic Testing

In a special chamber at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, engineers prepare to test a small rover that will go to...

CADRE Rover Testing in JPL's Mars Yard

A development model rover that is part of NASA's CADRE (Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration)...

CADRE Rover on the Moon (Artist's Concept)

This artist's concept depicts a small rover – part of NASA's CADRE (Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic...

NASA's CADRE Rover Takes an Autonomous Drive

One of three small rovers bound for the Moon took an autonomous test drive in a clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion...

CADRE Rovers, Hardware in JPL Clean Room

Three small rovers bound for the Moon – part of NASA's CADRE (Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic...

CADRE Test Rovers in the Mars Yard

Two full-scale development model rovers that are part of NASA's CADRE (Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic...

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Prototypes of the rovers being built for NASA's CADRE (Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration)...

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The Earth-bound full-scale engineering model of NASA's Perseverance rover, called OPTIMISM, seems to peer down at a...

CADRE Rover Getting Prepped for Testing

An engineer prepares a small rover – part of NASA's CADRE (Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration)...

CADRE Team Preps Flight Model for Thermal Testing

Engineers prepare a small rover – part of NASA's CADRE (Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration)...

Do Robots Help Humans in Space? We Asked A NASA Expert

When it comes to space, humans and robots go way back. We rely heavily on our mechanical friends to perform tasks...

NASA's CADRE Rovers Take First Autonomous Drive

Engineers prepare three small Moon-bound rovers for a drive test in a clean room at the agency's Jet Propulsion...

Penny Pettigrew in the Payload Operations Integration Center

Penny Pettigrew chats in real time with a space station crew member conducting an experiment in microgravity some...

Preparing NASA’s CADRE Moon Rovers for Launch

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Experimental study on material flammability and flame spreading in partial gravity aboard the DC-9 aircraft, based...