ROVERS ON MARS:
UNRAVELING THE RED
PLANET’S SECRETS
BY-VERONICA SHRUTI AND DRISHTI ADVANI
ADAPTATIONS
HOW ARE ROVERS ADAPTED TO MARS?
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Wheeled Tracks: Rovers Sun Sensors: Help the
Sample Collection: Rovers
like Curiosity and rover position its solar
use drills and scoops to
Perseverance have panels for maximum
collect soil and rock
durable, specially energy.
samples, storing them for
designed wheels to Environmental Sensors:
analysis or future return
navigate Mars’ rocky and Measure temperature,
to Earth.
uneven surface. wind, and atmosphere on
Mars.
SURFACE SEARCH PREPARING
EXPLORATION FOR LIFE:
Data from rovers help
Rovers gather data on Rovers look for
Mars’ geology and past test technology for
signs of past
water activity, helping human missions, like
microbial life,
us understand the life support systems,
planet’s history and which could answer
habitat building, and
potential habitability. whether life ever
autonomous
existed on Mars.
navigation.
MAPPING THE MARTIAN
TERRAIN WEATHER
Rovers study weather patterns
Rovers create 3D maps of the
and climate conditions on
Martian surface, helping
Mars, including dust storms,
scientists understand the
temperature changes, and
landscape’s features, like
atmospheric pressure. This
mountains, valleys, and
data is critical for
impact craters. These maps
understanding Martian
are essential for planning safe
weather cycles and how they
rover travel and for future
could affect future explorers.
human missions.
MAGNETIC IN-SITU RESOURCE
FIELD UTILIZATION (ISRU)
Rovers, like Perseverance, are testing methods for
Some rovers, like Opportunity,
producing oxygen from Mars' atmosphere, which is
helped scientists understand Mars’
mostly carbon dioxide. If successful, this
past magnetic field.
technology could help future astronauts breathe
and create rocket fuel directly from Martian
resources, reducing the need to transport supplies
from Earth
SOIL ANALYSIS:
The rovers also study the Martian soil to see
if it’s possible to grow food or use local
materials for construction. This is important
for sustaining long-term missions and
building habitats on Mars.
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