{"id":528,"date":"2025-12-06T03:00:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T02:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/100blogs.ovh\/36\/index.php\/2025\/12\/06\/testing-drones-for-mars-in-the-mojave-desert\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T11:13:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T10:13:04","slug":"testing-drones-for-mars-in-the-mojave-desert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/100blogs.ovh\/36\/index.php\/2025\/12\/06\/testing-drones-for-mars-in-the-mojave-desert\/","title":{"rendered":"Testing Drones for Mars in the Mojave Desert"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/pia26674orig.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/pia26674orig.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Two people stand atop a sand dune, facing the camera. They are both looking at a drone flying in front of them. The person on the right holds a controller. Other sand dunes behind them make up the background of the entire image.\" style=\"object-position: 50% 50%;object-fit: cover\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/JPL-Caltech<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Researchers from NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory monitor a research drone in this September 2025 photo. This flight occurred in Dumont Dunes, an area of the Mojave Desert, as part of a larger test campaign to develop navigation software that would guide future rotorcraft on Mars. The work was among 25 projects funded by <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/planetary-science\/programs\/mars-exploration\/\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA\u2019s Mars Exploration Program<\/a> this past year to push the limits of future technologies.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/100blogs.ovh\/36\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/testing-drones-for-mars-in-the-mojave-desert-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-977\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><p>Whether it\u2019s new navigation software, slope-scaling robotic scouts, or long-distance gliders, the technology being developed by the Mars Exploration Program envisions a future where robots can explore all on their own \u2014 or even help astronauts do their work.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/nasa-tests-drones-in-death-valley-preps-for-martian-sands-and-skies\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more about the drone flight software test.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Text credit: NASA\/Andrew Good<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Image credit: NASA\/JPL-Caltech<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA\/JPL-Caltech Researchers from NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory monitor a research drone in this September 2025 photo. This flight occurred in Dumont Dunes, an area of the Mojave Desert, as part of a larger test campaign to develop navigation software that would guide future rotorcraft on Mars. The work was among 25 projects funded by NASA\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ciencia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/100blogs.ovh\/36\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/100blogs.ovh\/36\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/100blogs.ovh\/36\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/100blogs.ovh\/36\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/100blogs.ovh\/36\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=528"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/100blogs.ovh\/36\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":978,"href":"https:\/\/100blogs.ovh\/36\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528\/revisions\/978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/100blogs.ovh\/36\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/100blogs.ovh\/36\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/100blogs.ovh\/36\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}