Explore Mars! A Rover Game
Each player in this cooperative board game has a different role at Mission Control. Work together to program the rover, collect four samples and send the data back to Earth. Careful: the rough terrain could end your mission!

• Ages 7 to adult + early learner version

• 2-5 players or adapt for classrooms, camps, etc.

• Game takes about 30 min.

• English & Spanish versions

• Tip: Adults, read the Facilitator’s Guide first to preview how the game is played

Download instructions & print the gameboard here

STEM Career Connections:
The Explore Mars! game is based on the real science and teamwork of NASA’s rover program. The Perseverance team includes over a thousand people with different skills, including scientists, designers, engineers, project managers, teachers, writers, accountants and lawyers. Engineering alone needed experts in mechanical engineering, power systems, computer software, materials science and propulsion.

“Practically any field you can think of, there’s a place for you at NASA!”
– Jim Bell, scientist & principal investigator for Perseverance’s Mastcam-Z