NASA to explore Greenland ice sheet with rover
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NASA will be sending the newest scientific rover to explore Greenland. This is stated in the statement of the U.S. space agency. The rover named Grover is set for testing May 3 through June 8 in the highest part of Greenland. The name stands for both Greenland Rover and Goddard Remotely Operated Vehicle for Exploration and Research.
The rover will roam the frigid landscape collecting measurements to help scientists better understand changes in the massive ice sheet.
It is an autonomous, solar-powered robot carries a ground-penetrating radar to study how snow accumulates, adding layer upon layer to the ice sheet over time. It is a new tool for glaciology studies.
Interest of scientists in Greenland has increased markedly since the events of last summer, when in just four days higher than normal temperatures caused surface melting across about 97% of the ice sheet of the largest island on the planet – an event that occurs once every 150 years, TASS reported.


















































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