NASA created a robot to search the oceans on the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, know what is its specialty?
Science News Desk – NASA has prepared underwater swimming robots for its space missions. These robots will go to the moons of Jupiter and Saturn and dive into the ocean buried under the ice. These robots will search under water by visiting Jupiter’s moon Europa and Saturn’s moon Enceladus. These concept robots have been prepared by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. These are future robots that can work even in difficult environments in space.
These robots are going to play a big role in NASA’s exploration of the possibilities of life outside the Earth. Actually, NASA is very interested in Jupiter’s moon Europa and Saturn’s moon Enceladus. NASA has already sent the Europa Clipper mission. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has named it Sensing with Independent Micro Swimmers (SWIM). The weight of this 16.5 inch robot is about 2 kg. It has also been tested in the pool. After the concept, when the real robots are ready, they will be only about 12 centimeters.
NASA plans to make many such robots. These robots will land in the oceans and investigate. They will find out their temperature and chemical composition. The moons where NASA is going to send them, have thick sheets of ice. It is said that there is an entire ocean beneath this ice. These robots have been specially designed for this work. JPL has also shared the video of their testing. These robots will also have communication and GPS systems.
With the help of which they will be able to navigate in water. They will be equipped with special equipment through which they will be able to know the chemical composition of the ocean. However, the company says that right now it is just a concept and it has been tested as a prototype. To build these, along with funding, development approval is also required. NASA believes that signs of water have been found on moons like Europa, Enceladus, Titan and Ariel in the outer solar system, which is being said that life may be possible here.
