Desert Research and Technology Studies
（重定向自Desert RATS）
![Test subject Dean Eppler, working at the rear of a science trailer during Desert RATS 2004](/Images/godic/202501/08/D-rats3630.jpg")
![A portion of the 2006 Desert RATS field team](/Images/godic/202501/08/JSC2006E42101-sm3630.JPG")
![The Deep Space Habitat/Habitat Demonstration Unit (DSH/HDU).](/Images/godic/202501/08/UofWMadison_Loft3630.jpg")
![](/Images/godic/202501/08/SCOUT_rover3630.jpg")
NASA's Desert Research and Technology Studies (Desert RATS or D-RATS) is a group of teams which perform an annual series of field trials seeking to demonstrate and test candidate technologies and systems for manned exploration of the surface of the Moon, Mars, or other rocky bodies.