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Five Kilogram Rover, Mars Surveyor Concepts, 1995

10/01/1995
Five Kilogram Rover, Mars Surveyor Concepts, 1995

Details describing a 5 kilogram rover concept vehicle and its use in a lander-centric short-range sampling mission. Features include: total system mass approximately half of the Sojourner rover, a rake-like soil and rock sampling tool, and automatic localization from the lander using a colored-cylinder on the rover. Also shown is a concept for a power tethered rover with instrument positioning device. (7:40)

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