Mars rover
A Mars rover is a motor vehicle that propels itself across the surface of the planet Mars upon arrival. Rovers have several advantages over stationary landers : they examine more territory, and they can be directed to interesting features, they can place themselves in sunny positions to weather winter months, and they can advance the knowledge of how to perform very remote robotic vehicle control.
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| 2018 |
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3. Locations of Mars rovers, in context 5. Cancelled or stale rover mission designs/proposals |
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A Mars rover is a motor vehicle that propels itself across the surface of the planet Mars upon arrival. Rovers have several advantages over stationary landers : they examine more territory, and they can be directed to interesting features, they can place themselves in sunny positions to weather winter months, and they can advance the knowledge of how to perform very remote robotic vehicle control. |
| 2017 |
161206 characters 9 sections 16 paragraphs 35 images 495 internal links 40 external links |
2. Locations of Mars rovers, in context 4. Cancelled or stale rover mission designs/proposals |
sojourner 0.422 rover 0.371 rovers 0.275 msl 0.201 mer 0.201 objectives 0.192 mission 0.179 inactive 0.164 spirit 0.142 comparison 0.141 science 0.118 pathfinder 0.113 opportunity 0.109 propels 0.103 robotically 0.103 |
A Mars rover is an automated motor vehicle that propels itself across the surface of the planet Mars upon arrival. Rovers have several advantages over stationary landers : they examine more territory, and they can be directed to interesting features, they can place themselves in sunny positions to weather winter months, and they can advance the knowledge of how to perform very remote robotic vehicle control. |
| 2016 |
161196 characters 9 sections 16 paragraphs 35 images 495 internal links 40 external links |
2. Locations of Mars rovers, in context 4. Cancelled or stale rover mission designs/proposals |
sojourner 0.424 rover 0.373 rovers 0.276 msl 0.202 mer 0.202 objectives 0.192 mission 0.180 inactive 0.165 spirit 0.142 comparison 0.141 science 0.118 pathfinder 0.113 opportunity 0.109 propels 0.104 robotically 0.104 |
A Mars rover is an automated motor vehicle that propels itself across the surface of the planet Mars upon arrival. Rovers have several advantages over stationary landers : they examine more territory, and they can be directed to interesting features, they can place themselves in sunny positions to weather winter months, and they can advance the knowledge of how to perform very remote robotic vehicle control. |
| 2015 |
155360 characters 8 sections 17 paragraphs 34 images 492 internal links 34 external links |
sojourner 0.424 rover 0.373 rovers 0.276 msl 0.202 mer 0.202 objectives 0.192 mission 0.180 inactive 0.165 spirit 0.142 comparison 0.141 science 0.118 pathfinder 0.113 opportunity 0.109 propels 0.104 robotically 0.104 |
A Mars rover is an automated motor vehicle that propels itself across the surface of the planet Mars upon arrival. Rovers have several advantages over stationary landers : they examine more territory, and they can be directed to interesting features, they can place themselves in sunny positions to weather winter months, and they can advance the knowledge of how to perform very remote robotic vehicle control. |
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| 2014 |
153687 characters 8 sections 18 paragraphs 33 images 492 internal links 32 external links |
sojourner 0.416 rover 0.395 rovers 0.233 msl 0.198 mer 0.198 objectives 0.189 inactive 0.162 mission 0.157 spirit 0.140 comparison 0.139 science 0.116 pathfinder 0.111 opportunity 0.108 imagemap 0.102 propels 0.102 |
A Mars rover is an automated motor vehicle that propels itself across the surface of the planet Mars upon arrival. |
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| 2013 |
140209 characters 8 sections 10 paragraphs 33 images 472 internal links 22 external links |
rover 0.299 rovers 0.294 objectives 0.286 inactive 0.245 mission 0.238 science 0.176 imagemap 0.155 propels 0.155 robotically 0.155 spirit 0.141 distinguishes 0.140 sunny 0.140 manages 0.130 territory 0.111 advantages 0.110 |
A Mars rover is an automated motor vehicle which propels itself across the surface of the planet Mars upon arrival. |
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| 2012 |
117149 characters 8 sections 11 paragraphs 30 images 355 internal links 21 external links |
rover 0.335 rovers 0.289 objectives 0.281 inactive 0.241 mission 0.234 science 0.173 imagemap 0.152 propels 0.152 robotically 0.152 spirit 0.139 distinguishes 0.137 sunny 0.137 manages 0.128 websites 0.112 territory 0.109 |
A Mars rover is an automated motor vehicle which propels itself across the surface of the planet Mars after landing . |
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| 2011 |
35595 characters 5 sections 10 paragraphs 9 images 33 internal links 16 external links |
rovers 0.426 rover 0.270 objectives 0.259 ussr 0.192 mission 0.189 successful 0.165 science 0.159 prop 0.147 propels 0.140 robotically 0.140 spirit 0.128 distinguishes 0.126 sunny 0.126 cables 0.123 landers 0.122 |
A Mars rover is an automated motor vehicle which propels itself across the surface of the planet Mars after landing . |
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| 2010 |
29798 characters 5 sections 12 paragraphs 9 images 31 internal links 10 external links |
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A Mars rover is an automated motor vehicle which propels itself across the surface of the planet Mars after landing . |
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| 2009 |
20886 characters 4 sections 13 paragraphs 6 images 26 internal links 7 external links |
rovers 0.423 rover 0.251 successful 0.199 objectives 0.187 spirit 0.185 advantages 0.144 opportunity 0.142 ussr 0.139 sojourner 0.137 mission 0.136 landing 0.135 gov 0.126 powerpc 0.126 science 0.115 landed 0.112 |
A Mars rover is an automated automobile which propels itself across the surface of Mars after landing . |
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| 2008 |
64307 characters 5 sections 13 paragraphs 10 images 283 internal links 7 external links |
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Rovers have several advantages over stationary landers : they examine more territory, they can be directed to interesting features, they can place themselves in sunny positions to weather winter months and they can advance the knowledge of how to perform very remote robotic vehicle control. |
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| 2007 |
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A Mars rover is an unmanned rover used for exploration of the planet Mars . They are deployed because it has so far been too costly and difficult to achieve a manned mission to Mars, and because probes and satellites are too limited (due to their immobility or their distance from the surface, respectively) to explore the Martian surface. |
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| 2006 |
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Mars 2 and 3 landers launched in 1971 had small 4.5 kg Mars 'rovers' on board called Prop-M , which would move across the surface on skis while connected to the lander with a 15-meter umbilical. Because of the demise of the landers, neither rover saw action. |
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| 2005 |
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The Soviet Union landed the first Mars rover when the Mars 2 lander touched down on November 27 , 1971 . Five days later, its twin landed with the Mars 3 lander. Both landers failed, however. |
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| 2004 |
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The first Mars Rover, called Sojourner , was sent to Mars by NASA on December 4 , 1996 and successfully landed on Mars on July 4 , 1997 . |