Marsokhod

Country of origin	Russia
Operator	Roscosmos
Specifications
Spacecraft type	Mars rover
Production
Retired	1996

Marsokhod ( Russian : Марсоход , lit.   'Mars rover') is a Russian Mars rover project that was intended for use in the Mars-96 mission. Instead it was used for experiments into improving rover technology. ^[1]

Prototypes of the Marsokhod rover were taken from Russia to the NASA Ames Research Center , where they were jointly developed by the US and Russia. This led to the development of a 'virtual environment control system', ^[2] which meant the rover could be controlled remotely via an interface on a PC. ^[3]

Since the development of this control interface the rover has been deployed in simulations. These experiments provide insight for robotics researchers and scientists preparing for planetary surface exploration. ^[4]

• Marsokhod during the tests in Ames Research Center, 1996
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References [ edit ]

Links [ edit ]

• Interview with Carol Stoker from Planetary Systems Branch
• Marsokhod Desert Southwest Field Test
• Marsokhod: Autonomous navigation tests on a Mars-like terrain
• Small Marsokhod configuration

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