• Question: if a robot is on mars how did itr get there without a human?

    Asked by anon-271611 to Hayley on 27 Nov 2020.
    • Photo: Hayley and the Mars Rover

      Hayley and the Mars Rover answered on 27 Nov 2020:


      The rovers were taken to Mars in rockets. The rocket that took Curiosity was called Atlas V. The rovers were released with a parachute and gently landed on the surface!
      The rovers are controlled by computer programmers here on Earth (a rover driver sounds like an incredible job)!

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