Zoë Robot Returns To Chile's Atacama Desert On NASA Mission To Search For Subsurface Life | SETI Institute

 PITTSBURGH - The autonomous, solar-powered Zoë, which became the first robot to map microbial li fe during a 2005 field expedition in Chile’s Atacama Desert, is heading back to the world’s driest desert this month on a NASA astrobiology mission led by Carnegie Mellon University and the SETI Institute. This time, Zoë is equipped with a one-meter drill to search for subsurface life.
Zoë Robot Returns To Chile's Atacama Desert On NASA Mission To Search For Subsurface Life | SETI Institute