Thames & Kosmos Remote-Control Machines: Space Explorers Science Kit by Thames & Kosmos

Ready your courageous robots for a mission to the moon, Mars, or beyond! With this 237-piece engineering kit, you can build a remote-controlled model of a robotic rover like the ones used to explore Mars. Deploy your Mars rover in the backyard or sandbox and use the remote control unit to survey the uncharted terrain! The remote can control up to three motors, which move the rover back and forth, turn the wheels to steer the rover, and control the robotic arm to pick up extraterrestrial specimens like small rocks. This construction set also includes instructions to build a lunar rover, rocket launcher car, space shuttle with opening and closing cargo bay doors, robotic space shuttle payload arm, moon lander, wacky astronaut, satellite, mars station, and cross-wing flyer. Includes a full-color, 64-page step-by-step illustrated construction manual with real-world examples of the outer space robots, vehicles and devices.

With this engineering kit, you can build a remote-controlled model of a robotic rover resembling the ones used to explore Mars;This 237-piece construction set includes instructions to build not only the robot rover, but nine additional space-themed models as well;A full-color, 64-page step-by-step illustrated manual helps kids assemble all of the models;Learn about the history of Mars exploration, robotics in satellites, deep-space exploration, and the robots in popular space-related science fiction;This kit is perfect for every kid who is fascinated by the prospects of being an astronaut