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| | Tuesday, 11 February, 2003, 11:13 GMT In pictures: Mars rovers on display The US space agency Nasa has unveiled the two unmanned rovers it is sending to Mars this year to scour the planet for evidence of water and life.  The rovers, which run on six wheels, are about the size of a small car  They will be used to travel further across the dusty landscape than any previous craft  With their sophisticated instruments, they will search for evidence of water  The rovers - to be launched on separate rockets in May and June - cost more than $150m each to build  The devices are identical, but will land in different regions of the Red Planet  After a seven-month journey, the rovers will parachute down to the planet's surface  They are due on Mars just days after a British probe, Beagle 2, touches down | | See also:  13 Dec 02 | Science/Nature 25 Dec 02 | Science/Nature 03 Dec 02 | Technology 09 Dec 02 | Science/Nature 23 Aug 02 | Science/Nature 10 Aug 00 | Science/Nature 23 Jun 00 | Science/Nature Internet links: The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites Top Science/Nature stories now: Links to more Science/Nature stories are at the foot of the page. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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