Note: Distances are constantly changing as the functioning rovers progress with their missions ... This is for basic ball park recorded distance appropriate to the year(s) on the surface and when the chart has been updated Aug 14 2021
Surface ROVERS
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Source: NASA, JPL-Caltech, GSFC, Arizona State University, China National Space Administration
Launching a rover into space and landing it safely on an alien surface is difficult enough. Then you have to get the thing to actually drive.
Humans put seven rovers on the moon and six on Mars. Since the 1970s, they’ve covered 137 miles. Four of them are still cruising: NASA's Curiosity and Perseverance rovers on Mars, and the China National Space Administration's (CNSA) Zhurong rover on Mars and Yutu-2 rover on the moon. The Soviet Union was the only other country to land a rover on the moon and Mars.
In the spirit of friendly competition, we've ranked the 13 rovers on how far they've traveled on the moon and Mars.
