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Noun (2)
ever since he developed a strong case of wanderlust in college, he's been a rover
a story of the days when sea rovers plied the Caribbean
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Brett Tingley, Space.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent missions that uses radioisotopes for thermal electricity have included the Mars Curiosity and Perseverance rovers.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2025
Commercial space company Firefly Aerospace, which is so far the only company to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon’s surface, has been awarded a $177 million contract from NASA to deliver rovers and scientific instruments to the lunar South Pole.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
The recovery efforts included using side and sector scan sonar technology, search-and-rescue dogs, fire department dive teams and underwater rovers, the fire department said.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2025
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Noun
The panorama was taken with Perseverance's Mastcam-Z instrument and depicts a rippling surface nearby as well as hills in the distance some 40 miles (65 kilometers) away from the rover.
—Brett Tingley, Space.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent missions that uses radioisotopes for thermal electricity have included the Mars Curiosity and Perseverance rovers.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2025
Commercial space company Firefly Aerospace, which is so far the only company to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon’s surface, has been awarded a $177 million contract from NASA to deliver rovers and scientific instruments to the lunar South Pole.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
The recovery efforts included using side and sector scan sonar technology, search-and-rescue dogs, fire department dive teams and underwater rovers, the fire department said.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2025
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“Rover.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rover. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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ro·ver
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