Earth & Space

Mars Rovers

Name: Mars Rovers
Duration: 150 s
Description: Alone on Mars, a robot drives itself, zaps rocks with a laser, runs on nuclear power for years — and one even made oxygen from the air.

Alone on Mars, a robot drives itself, zaps rocks with a laser, runs on nuclear power for years — and one even made oxygen from the air.

Right now, a car-sized robot is driving across Mars — no air, no people, no help. How does it explore all on its own? And what can it actually DO?

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