Amalia tackles rough terrain

The replica ExoMars rover – the Ground Test Model (GTM), also known as Amalia – that will be used in the Rover Operations Control Centre to support mission training and operations has completed its first drive around the Mars Terrain Simulator.

This image shows Amalia the rover driving through rough terrain.

The test model borrows its name from renowned astrophysicist Professor Amalia Ercoli Finzi. Amalia was  the first woman to graduate in aeronautical engineering in Italy, and she strongly pushed for the development of the ExoMars drill already 20 years ago.