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    NASA's Curiosity rover, selfie, 2015. A Mars rover is a remote-controlled motor vehicle designed to travel on the surface of Mars. 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 ...

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      Perseverance, nicknamed Percy, [2] is a car -sized Mars...

  2. The Mars 2020 rover, Perseverance, is based on the Mars Science Laboratory 's Curiosity rover configuration. It is car-sized, about 10 feet long (not including the arm), 9 feet wide, and 7 feet tall (about 3 meters long, 2.7 meters wide, and 2.2 meters tall). But at 2,260 pounds (1,025 kilograms), it weighs less than a compact car.

  3. Jan 17, 2024 · NASA’s Spirit and Opportunity rovers were identical twin robots that helped rewrite our understanding of the early history of Mars. NASA’s twin rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, landed on Mars on Jan. 3 and Jan. 24, 2004 PST (Jan. 4 and Jan. 25 UTC). The rovers were planned as 90-day missions to search for geological clues regarding ...

  4. Mar 23, 2021 · The names of the five rovers are: Sojourner, Spirit and Opportunity, Curiosity, and Perseverance. This image depicts all of the rovers which have driven on Mars, as well as the Mars helicopter. The artwork is etched onto a metal plate attached to the deck of the Mars Perseverance rover. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

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  6. Mission name. Mars Science Laboratory. Rover name. Curiosity. Size. About the size of a small SUV — 10 feet long (not including the arm), 9 feet wide and 7 feet tall — (about 3 meters long (not including the arm), 2.7 meters wide, and 2.2 meters tall), or about the height of a basketball player. Arm reach.

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