With $3M NASA Grant, UArizona Scientists Will Test Mars Exploration Drones in Iceland NASA has awarded $3.1 million to Christopher Hamilton in UArizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory to develop a drone that could act as a "field assistant" to a rover and explore previously inaccessible regions on Mars. By Daniel Stolte, University Communications Jan. 13, 2021 Created by an eruption five years ago, the Holuhraun lava flow field in Iceland is some of the newest "real estate" in the world where Christopher Hamilton and his team are testing new ways for drones and rovers to work together to explore Mars. Christopher Hamilton A team of scientists led by