In Photos: Space rovers that empowered humankind's exploration of space

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In Photos: Space rovers that empowered humankind's exploration of space

In Photos: Space rovers that empowered humankind's exploration of space

tech2 News Staff • July 11, 2019, 08:29:19 IST

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Here is a quick chronological glance at the space rovers that have gone to Mars and the Moon.

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In Photos: Space rovers that empowered humankind's exploration of space

Lunokhod 1 was the first remote-controlled rover by the soviet union rover that landed on the moon in November 1970. image credit: Wikipedia

Lunokhod 2 was the second unmanned lunar rover by the soviet union and it landed on the moon in January 1973. Image credit: Wikipedia

Yutu rover was part of Chang’e 3 which was a Chinese moon mission launched in 2013. Image credit: Chinese Academy of Sciences/NAOCScience and Application Center for Moon and Deepspace Exploration

Beresheet will be Israel’s first mission to the moon. Image credit: Reuters

Image credit: NASA/JPL Mars Pathfinder mission

Soviet Mars 2 and 3 had two rovers - Prop-M onboard in 1971 but since Mars 2 crash landed and Mars 3 lost communication link and none of them were deployed. Image credit: Wikipedia

Image credit: NASA/JPL

Image credit: NASA

NASA's Curiosity rover in its previous site location at Vera Rubin Ridge. Image courtesy: NASA/JPL

The Chandrayaan-2 mission's Pragyan Rover during a mobility test in 2018. Image courtesy: ISRO

image credit: NASA/JPL

Image credit: ESA EXOMARS ROVER

Image credit: Wikimedia Commons

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