Rover (space exploration)

<p>A rover (or sometimes planetary rover) is a <a href="/facts/Planetary_surface/c3QVcQpV">planetary surface</a> <a href="/facts/Exploration/wXUhG45B">exploration</a> device designed to move over the rough surface of a <a href="/facts/Planet/rbPjE6Bx">planet</a> or other <a href="/facts/Planetary_mass/pGoS2rIX">planetary mass</a> <a href="/facts/Celestial_bodies/BCHLa0Q2">celestial bodies</a>. Some rovers have been designed as <a href="/facts/Land_vehicle/jSIEqANL">land vehicles</a> to transport members of a <a href="/facts/Human_spaceflight/VgVxsGmq">human spaceflight</a> crew; others have been partially or fully <a href="/facts/Autonomous_robot/LcPSUhQx">autonomous robots</a>.  Rovers are typically created to land on another planet (other than <a href="/facts/Earth/HLLmDfj0">Earth</a>) via a <a href="/facts/Lander_(spacecraft)/dVYjPJlx">lander</a>-style <a href="/facts/Spacecraft/YQqQaUw0">spacecraft</a>,tasked to collect information about the terrain, and to take <a href="/facts/Crust_(geology)/FYG1kP4F">crust</a> samples such as dust, soil, rocks, and even liquids. They are essential tools in <a href="/facts/Space_exploration/2eKXYVdq">space exploration</a>.
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Rover (space exploration)