 Skaftafell glacier in Iceland. LMT has been selected as a key partner on a NASA-sponsored platform to enable unprecedented autonomous life detection in habitable ocean environments concealed beneath thick ice crusts. The THOR (Thermal High-voltage Ocean-penetrator Research) project is being led by Stone Aerospace. The project is developing a robust cryobot capable of rapid, deep subglacial access for environmental characterization and life detection. THOR aims to be the first cryobot to descend into a subglacial lake, thus enabling unique investigations of the lake's geomicrobiology.
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