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What's the difference between a lander and a rover?
I mean the space craft... you know the ones that go to other planets to look around and study things.
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
well i presume the lander just lands and the rover drives around
- kennith wLv 41 decade ago
The lander is the part of the craft that breaks orbit to actually land on the body in question. It is designed to land under controlled conditions, and does not move once there. In some cases, it is designed to leave the surface once it's mission is complete and re-enter orbit to dock with the orbiter for the mission home.
The orbiter is the part of the craft that gets the lander to the other celestial body.
A Rover is a mechanized transport for use on the surface. It sometimes transports humans, and sometimes it transports remotely controlled scientific equipment. This depends on the mission in question.
For the Apollo missions, the orbiter, lander and rover were manned craft.
In most modern missions, the orbiter, lander and rover are unmanned craft, remotely controlled.
