NASA's Mars Rover Breaks Record for Off-Planet Driving
The rover reached 28.10 miles on Mars, topping Opportunity’s 28.06-mile mark as NASA extends the mission through 2028.
- On Monday, NASA announced that Perseverance has driven farther than any other vehicle on Mars, reaching 28.1 miles and surpassing Opportunity's previous record of 28.06 miles.
- Since landing in Jezero Crater in February 2021, Perseverance has relied on an autonomous navigation system called AutoNav, which guides more than 90% of its driving without human intervention from Earth.
- Capable of traveling up to 1,351 feet in a single Martian day, Perseverance builds on a 29-year legacy of past Mars rovers including Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity.
- "Perseverance's engineering hardware and instruments are in excellent shape," said Steven Lee, project manager for NASA's two Mars rovers, with assessments indicating operations could continue well into the 2030s.
- NASA recently approved a mission extension through 2028, allowing Perseverance to continue exploring Lac de Charmes and traveling toward Idubi to investigate potential ancient hydrothermal systems.
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Mars rover Perseverance sets record for longest drive on another world
Washington: NASA's Perseverance rover has set a new record for the longest distance travelled by any vehicle on a world beyond Earth, marking another milestone in humanity's exploration of Mars.The US space agency announced that the six-wheeled, car-sized rover has travelled 28.1 miles (45.2km) since landing on the Red Planet more than five years ago, surpassing the previous record set by NASA's Opportunity rover, which operated from 2004 to 201…
Perseverance Rover Breaks the Record for Total Distance Driven on Another Planet
28.10 miles, or 45.22 kilometers. That’s what the odometer of NASA’s most recent rover to travel to Mars, Perseverance, showed on October 11. That’s a tiny distance, if you consider that it took the two-wheeler five and a half years to get there, but still the new record for total distance ever driven by any machine on any alien world. The Perseverance landed on the Red Planet in early 2021, tasked with seve... (continue reading...)
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