Sentences with phrase «detailed radar maps»

NASA has not sent a spacecraft to Venus since 1989, when the Magellan probe made detailed radar maps of the surface hidden under those sulfurous clouds.

Not exact matches

Although the subglacial topography is vastly important, «it's unlikely we're ever going to [map] the whole of Antarctica in great detail using radar echo sounding — it's just too costly,» Fretwell says.

Glaze's probe would also have imaged mysterious highlands, or tessera, mapped in detail by radar on NASA's Magellan orbiter in the 1990s.

Six days after its initial discovery, AWI scientists conducted a more detailed aerial survey of the circular feature in the ice shelf, taking photos and videos, and collecting laser altimeter and radar data mapping the feature's contours in detail.

Detailed elevation map of ice stream C using satellite imagery and airborne radar, Annals of Glaciology, Vol.

The Fusion prototypes also use cameras, radar sensors, and highly detailed GPS maps to navigate without driver input.

The trend is clear: Someday we'll have vehicles with radars and ultrasonic sensors and cameras that provide an unblinking 360 degrees vision that sees through darkness and fog, At all times the computer will know where it is on a highly detailed, frequently updated map and it'll be able to communicate wirelessly with other nearby vehicles.