🤖 Rovers Sent to Mars

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🚀 What is a Mars rover?

A rover is a robot car 🤖🚗 sent to Mars to:

• Drive on the surface
• Take pictures 📸
• Study rocks and soil 🪨
• Look for signs of water 💧 and life 🧬

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🟥 Mars Rovers (in order)

1️⃣ Sojourner (1997)

• First rover on Mars
• Very small (like a microwave!)
• Showed that rovers can move on Mars

🧠 Fun fact: It worked for 83 days (longer than planned!)

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2️⃣ Spirit (2004)

• Looked for signs of past water
• Found rocks changed by water 💧
• Worked for 6 years (planned for 90 days!)

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3️⃣ Opportunity (2004)

• Twin of Spirit
• Traveled over 45 km on Mars
• Found strong proof that Mars once had water

🌟 Nickname: “The marathon rover”

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4️⃣ Curiosity (2012)

• Size of a small car 🚙
• Has a drill 🔩
• Studies Mars climate and chemistry
• Found that Mars once had conditions for life 🌱

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5️⃣ Perseverance (2021)

• Most advanced rover 🧠
• Looks for ancient life signs
• Collects rock samples for future return to Earth
• Carries a small helicopter 🛸

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🛸 Bonus: Ingenuity Helicopter

• Flew in Mars air!
• First aircraft to fly on another planet
• Traveled with Perseverance

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🧠 Easy way to remember

Mars rovers are robot explorers searching for Mars’ past and future

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🌟 Fun facts for kids

• Commands take minutes to reach Mars ⏱️
• Rovers move slowly but think smartly
• Mars rovers use nuclear or solar power

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📌 One-line summary

Mars rovers are robotic explorers sent to study Mars and search for signs of water and life.

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