KIDS QUIZ
SPACE EXPLORATION
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Question
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A small vehicle that comes out of the lander and explores the surface of a planet or moon beyond the landing site
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Probe
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Orbiter
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Rover
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Shuttle
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Landed spacecraft can make detailed observations of a planet’s surface. However, these observations are restricted to a small area. To obtain coverage over a wider area, spacecraft can carry robots that are able to rove over the surface.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) is a battery-powered four-wheeled rover used on the Moon in the last three missions of the American Apollo program (15, 16, and 17) during 1971 and 1972. It is popularly called the Moon buggy, a play on the term “dune buggy".
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