NCAS Rover

ARIES, or Autonomous Resource In-situ Extraction System, is a rover I designed for the NCAS program. It's for liquid water extraction from Martian regolith. Designed using SolidWorks

The primary function of this rover is to extract liquid water from icy Martian regolith. The rover would utilize an onboard auger to transport frozen regolith into its internal conveyor, which would be heated until the H2O vaporizes and condenses. It will then be stored in a liquid water tank.

A concept airless tire and wheel design for rugged terrain and weight savings. If introduced, the toroidal-shaped hexagonal mesh tire would exhibit auxetic traits that would eliminate the need for any type of inflation yet would also have exceptional impact absorption capability.

Below is the full report I wrote on the ARIES rover design for NCAS.

After the rover project for NCAS, we were placed in groups of students to complete a team-building concept mission planning activity. I worked with another student to design this mission patch in Adobe Illustrator.