NASA's Perseverance rover breaks record for off-planet driving on Mars
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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The US space agency NASA's Perseverance rover has covered a greater distance on the surface of another planet than any other man-made apparatus to date.
The American Mars robot Perseverance has traveled 45.2 kilometers on Mars. A six-year-old record has thus been broken; never before has one driven through...
The Perseverance rover has been working on Mars for more than five and a half years. The one-ton mobile geological laboratory has already traveled 45.2 kilometers on the “red planet”, breaking the record of the Curiosity machine and all rovers that have ever operated on the Moon. In addition to geological samples and a lot of data, it takes thousands of photos thanks to its camera system and sends them back to Earth. So we can see footage litera…
NASA's rover has already traveled more than 45 kilometers on Mars, surpassing the mark established by Opportunity. Greater autonomy allows you to explore older terrain and look for clues about the past of the red planet.
NASA’s Perseverance rover has driven farther than any vehicle on another world; after five and a half years on Mars, it has covered 28.10 miles, beating Opportunity’s 15
NASA's Perseverance rover has set a new distance record on Mars, traveling 28.10 miles in its mission, eclipsing the previous record of 28.06 miles set by Opportunity in nearly 15 years. This remarkable feat, achieved over five and a half years, showcases Perseverance's advanced autonomous navigation system as it investigates ancient geological structures and collects rock samples to enhance our scientific insights.
Never before has a vehicle on another planet driven such a great distance as Perseverance, NASA's Mars explorer. The little vehicle now has more than 45 kilometers on the clock, thereby breaking the record of the previous Mars rover, Opportunity. However, the rover will certainly not be allowed to retire until at least 2028.
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