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Rocky 7 is a prototype of the kind of rovers that will be sent to Mars as part of several missions over the next decade. To learn how rovers will operate on Mars, scientists are studying how Rocky 7 operates on Earth in Mars-like locations such as the Mojave Desert. These pages have descriptions and results of Rocky 7 field experiments, including images acquired by Rocky 7 and photos and video clips of the rover in action.

BACKGROUND Mars Exploration Rover Scenarios Rocky 7	MOJAVE DESERT FIELD EXPERIMENTS Overview Site Selection Dec. 1996 Field Test Mar. 1997 Helicopter Flights May 1997 Field Test Samples
MORE ABOUT THE ROVER AND MARS Long Range Science Rover Task (JPL) Other Mars Web Sites	POINTS OF CONTACT Rocky 7: Dr. Samad Hayati Science Instruments and Experiments: Dr. Raymond E. Arvidson

This page is maintained jointly by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Planetary Data System Geosciences Node at Washington University. Rocky 7 rover development and field testing is supported by JPL's Robotics and Mars Exploration Technology Program Office, managed by Dr. Samad Hayati. The URL for this page is http://wundow.wustl.edu/rocky7/. The page was last updated on June 25, 1997 by Susan Slavney. Usage statistics are available.