THE NANOKHOD MICRO-ROVER - A VERSATILE PLATFORM FOR SURFACE EXPLORATION OF CELESTIAL BODIES

摘要

The European Space Agency has commissioned a number of development activities on micro-rovers for planetary surface missions, aiming primarily at geochemistry and exobiology science applications on Mars. This paper focuses on the Nanokhod tracked micro-rover for planetary surface exploration. It gives a summary of the Nanokhod design and addresses possible applications for geochemistry and exobiology type missions.