NASA’s IceBite team is in Antarctica this month testing a new drill built by Honeybee Robotics for use on a possible future mission to Mars. In this blog entry, Kris Zacny writes about the first field tests of the Icebreaker drill.

Astrobiology Magazine will be providing the public with the opportunity to ask questions of the IceBite team while they are in the field. Simply visit www.astrobio.net and click the “Ask a Scientist” button in the stories and blogs covering the 2010 IceBite expedition.