NASA's Desert Research and Technology Studies is a group of teams which perform an annual series of field trials seeking to demonstrate and test candidate technologies and systems for human exploratio
Test subject Dean Eppler, working at the rear of a science trailer during Desert RATS 2004
A portion of the 2006 Desert RATS field team
D-RATS test of Mars equipment, including suitports
NASA PEGS Desert RATS 2004
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A suitport or suitlock is an alternative technology to an airlock, designed for use in hazardous environments including in human spaceflight, especially planetary surface exploration. Suitports presen
Desert Research and Technology Studies
…along through various social media means, including Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and Ustream. Technologies tested D-RATS test of Mars equipment, including suitports NASA PEGS Desert RATS 2004 During the trials, researchers study the effectiveness of new designs for space suits, robots, rovers, surface networking…
A test disconnect from a suitport mockup during field tests
Suitport concept being tested with the Z-1 prototype spacesuit in 2012