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  • Eventually two such six-wheeled rovers were delivered to the Chernobyl accident zone and proved very useful for remotely operated debris clearing work, saving lives and earning decorations for the designers.

    Archive 2009-02-01 Heather McDougal 2009

  • Eventually two such six-wheeled rovers were delivered to the Chernobyl accident zone and proved very useful for remotely operated debris clearing work, saving lives and earning decorations for the designers.

    Lunokhod and the Art of Space Heather McDougal 2009

  • Hathor waved at us as the six-wheeled car sped up and raced off.

    Blonde, Black and Blood Red nathreee 2010

  • She was disappointed to find the Iraqi desert crowded with cars, trucks, and six-wheeled tour buses, and signs in English imploring picnickers not to litter the desert with bags.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • She was disappointed to find the Iraqi desert crowded with cars, trucks, and six-wheeled tour buses, and signs in English imploring picnickers not to litter the desert with bags.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • NASA's six-wheeled, one-armed wonder, Curiosity, will reach Mars next summer and use its jackhammer drill, rock-zapping laser machine and other devices to search for evidence that Earth's next-door neighbor might once have been home to the teeniest forms of life.

    NASA Mars Curiosity Launch: Huge Rover On Its Way To Mars 2011

  • Through the window in the hall I could see a car parked out front; a six-wheeled car.

    Blonde, Black and Blood Red nathreee 2010

  • The launch on November 26th began "an 8½-month, 354 million-mile journey... in which NASA's six-wheeled, one-armed wonder, Curiosity, will reach Mars next summer and use its jackhammer drill, rock-zapping laser machine and other devices to search for evidence that Earth's next-door neighbor might once have been home to the teeniest forms of life."

    James M. Gentile: Space Exploration Reaches New Milestones - for Technology and Jobs James M. Gentile 2011

  • NASA on Saturday launched the six-wheeled, one-armed robotic roving science lab Curiosity, largely developed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

    William Bradley: A Sublime and Ridiculous Day: Mars Mission and AfPak Debacle William Bradley 2011

  • The six-wheeled Dragon Runner boasts some impressive features, including the ability to move at high speeds, pick up 10 lb objects, and send video footage back to soldiers using four on-board cameras.

    Dragon Runner Robot Deactivates Live Explosives | Inhabitat 2010

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