Watch: ESA tests rovers on Mount Etna to prepare them for a mission to the Moon - Euronews

The rovers, equipped to “feel” everything they touch, could be deployed from a future lunar orbital outpost to carry out tasks on the surface of the Moon.

Raging winds, dusty harsh terrains - this isn't an alien planet, it's Mount Etna on the Italian island of Sicily. Experts from the European Space Agency (ESA) and DLR, the German Aerospace Center, h… [+3717 chars]

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