All planetary rover missions to date have adopted wheeled chassis designs across a range of rover sizes for mechanical simplicity and high reliability. This trend looks set to continue for the foreseeable future. One exception was the Prop-M nanorover on the Russian Mars 3 lander (1971). The 4.5 kg Prop-M used a pair of skis mounted onto legs. Regrettably, the mission failed after apparently landing successfully.
Survey of past rover missions
Springer Praxis Books(formerly: Springer-Praxis Series)
2015-12-31
11 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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