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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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Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
Landing with a plan for a couple years of investigation, over 13 years later the rover is still on Mars making discoveries.
—Merrill Fabry, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Another, even rarer view is to see our planet from the surface of another world—something, in fact, that first occurred only in 2004, when NASA’s Spirit rover on Mars snapped an image of Earth in that alien sky.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, China is pushing space forward on several fronts, such as lunar sample return missions with Chang'e 5 and Chang'e 6, and the Tianwen 1 orbiter, lander and rover mission at Mars.
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Bethune is more of a classic thumper while Warner is a modern sideline-to-sideline range rover.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
Landing with a plan for a couple years of investigation, over 13 years later the rover is still on Mars making discoveries.
—Merrill Fabry, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Another, even rarer view is to see our planet from the surface of another world—something, in fact, that first occurred only in 2004, when NASA’s Spirit rover on Mars snapped an image of Earth in that alien sky.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, China is pushing space forward on several fronts, such as lunar sample return missions with Chang'e 5 and Chang'e 6, and the Tianwen 1 orbiter, lander and rover mission at Mars.
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Rover.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rover. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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