Red Rover Goes to Mars
MARS STATION Pathfinder
The Carl Sagan Memorial Mars Station

Located at The Planetary Society, Pasadena, California, USA
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Our rover is modeled to look like Sojourner, but ours has only four wheels. It carries a camera on a fixed mount. For instructions on how to build a rover like ours, check out the "Rocky A" design on The Planetary Society's Build a Better Rover website.

Rover Facts:

Dimensions 25 cm X 15 cm X 15 cm
Distance traveled forward in 10 seconds at full power 35 cm
Angle turned in 10 seconds at full power 135 degrees
Ground clearance 0.5 cm
Achievable slope 10 degrees

Click here for building instructions for Mars Station Rovers!

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