KidsAnimated series

The town where Mars rovers go when the work is done.

Season 1

Meet the residents

  • Sojourner

    Since 1997

    Sojourner

    Grandpa of the town. First rover to drive on Mars, landed 4 July 1997.

  • Spirit

    90 days, 6+ years

    Spirit

    A 90-day mission that lasted over six years, even on five working wheels.

  • Opportunity

    Almost 15 years

    Oppy

    Built for 90 days, kept going for almost fifteen. Last signal: 10 June 2018.

  • Ingenuity

    72 flights

    Ingenuity

    The little helicopter made seventy-two flights on Mars.

  • Buggy

    Moon, 1972

    Buggy

    The Apollo 17 Moon rover. He was there in December 1972.

  • A rover on Mars

    Still on Mars

    Curiosity and Perseverance

    Still at work. They call home over Star-Fi.

  • Beep-Bop bots

    Town crew

    The Beep-Bop bots

    They keep the town running, and play in the band.

Details

Rovers still on a mission and the newest ones being built on Earth stay connected over Star-Fi, and the broadcast station sends every story out to you.

The trailer is the show’s song, Holiday in Rovervilla, played by the town band.

Created by
Team Galactic Poet
For
Kids
Format
Animated series

Music and image credits

  • “Trivial Call” by Blue Dot Sessions, CC BY 3.0
  • “Bouncing” by HoliznaCC0, CC0
  • “Crazy Glue” by Josh Woodward, CC BY 3.0
  • “Wildflowers” by Scott Buckley (scottbuckley.com.au), CC BY 4.0
  • “Daily Beetle”, “Sneaky Snitch”, “Marty Gots a Plan”, “Sneaky Adventure”, “Cheery Monday” and “Amazing Plan” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
  • “Holiday in Rovervilla”: original Rovervilla song
  • Real mission imagery: NASA, NASA/JPL, NASA/JPL-Caltech, NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell, NASA/JPL/Texas A&M/Cornell, NASA/Johns Hopkins APL, NASA/Daniel Rutter (public domain). Rovervilla is not affiliated with or endorsed by NASA.
  • Characters, voices and animation: original Rovervilla work. Voices are AI.