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The Architects of Exploration

This image shows a rectangular rover with six wheels, a round communications dish, a mast rising from the center of the vehicle, and an arm reaching out.  It rests on rocky terrain, with dramatic canyon walls surrounding it.

Future Rover Exploring Martian Canyons

Artist's concept of one in a long chain of future rovers that would be able to go distances and explore martian terrain unlike we've ever seen to date, either studying the terrain as it goes or collecting samples for later return to Earth for laboratory analysis.
Credit: NASA/JPL


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