Synonyms of rover
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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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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 13 June 2026
The space agency awarded Astrolab US$219 million and Lunar Outpost $220 million to develop their Crewed Lunar Rover and Lunar Outpost Pegasus rovers, respectively.
—Chris Young
june 13, New Atlas, 13 June 2026
On board is a micro rover built by ispace called Tenacious as well as several commercial payloads.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2026
The experience in late 2022 reduced or delayed downlinks from several high-profile science missions, including the James Webb Space Telescope and Mars rovers, as the data-hungry Artemis I mission took priority on NASA’s communications network.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 11 June 2026
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Hirano puts this premature end to the rover's mission as being down to either something becoming damaged on LEV-1 by its hopping motion, or by LEV-1's battery depletion, either way preventing data from being relayed back to Earth.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 13 June 2026
The space agency awarded Astrolab US$219 million and Lunar Outpost $220 million to develop their Crewed Lunar Rover and Lunar Outpost Pegasus rovers, respectively.
—Chris Young
june 13, New Atlas, 13 June 2026
On board is a micro rover built by ispace called Tenacious as well as several commercial payloads.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2026
The experience in late 2022 reduced or delayed downlinks from several high-profile science missions, including the James Webb Space Telescope and Mars rovers, as the data-hungry Artemis I mission took priority on NASA’s communications network.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 11 June 2026
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“Rover.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rover. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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