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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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Justine Calma, The Verge, 25 June 2024
But thanks to heavy, sustained investments, China is now a major player in planetary science, having already successfully sent an orbiter and rover to Mars while also pursuing an asteroid rendezvous mission in addition to its lunar explorations.
—Leonard David, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
With its Chang'e 3 mission in December 2013, the country successfully landed a small vehicle and rover on the near side of the Moon.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 3 June 2024
The Curiosity rover, currently exploring Gale Crater just south of the Martian equator, took black-and-white images using its navigation cameras during the solar storm.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 14 June 2024
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Noun
To get around this, Chang’e 6 relied on two lunar satellites China previously launched to facilitate communication between Earth and rovers on the bumpy surface of the Moon’s far side.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 25 June 2024
But thanks to heavy, sustained investments, China is now a major player in planetary science, having already successfully sent an orbiter and rover to Mars while also pursuing an asteroid rendezvous mission in addition to its lunar explorations.
—Leonard David, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
With its Chang'e 3 mission in December 2013, the country successfully landed a small vehicle and rover on the near side of the Moon.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 3 June 2024
The Curiosity rover, currently exploring Gale Crater just south of the Martian equator, took black-and-white images using its navigation cameras during the solar storm.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 14 June 2024
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“Rover.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rover. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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rover
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ro·ver
ˈrō-vər 
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