The Aporia · Nasa’s Perseverance rover on Mars breaks record for off-planet driving

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NASA's Perseverance rover surpassed the previous off-planet driving record set by Opportunity at 45 kilometers, reaching 45.2 kilometers since landing on Mars in 2021. The rover has been active for 5½ years, exploring ancient Martian terrain to determine if conditions ever supported microbial life. Engineers aim to extend Perseverance's journey beyond 100 kilometers.

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NASA’s Perseverance rover, which landed on Mars in February 2021, recently surpassed the driving record of 45.2 kilometers (28.1 miles) set by the Opportunity rover, making it the vehicle that has traveled farthest on another planet's surface. The milestone was reached after more than five and a half years, with Perseverance now focusing its mission on exploring Jezero Crater to investigate ancient terrain believed to have once held water and possibly hosted microbial life billions of years ago. Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory expect the rover to continue functioning well into the 2030s, potentially doubling its current driving distance. The achievement highlights advancements in robotic technology that enable extended exploration on Mars.

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Nasa’s Perseverance rover on Mars breaks record for off-planet driving Perseverance surpasses Opportunity’s 45km milestone after 5½ years, with engineers aiming to top 100km Nasa’s robotic Perseverance rover has now driven farther than any other vehicle on the surface of any world other than Earth, racking up 45.2km (28.1 miles) since arriving on Mars in 2021, the US space agency said on Tuesday.

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The car-sized, six-wheeled rover reached the milestone 5½ years into its mission to explore if conditions conducive to microbial life ever existed on Earth’s neighbour. asserted

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In doing so, it is visiting some of the most ancient terrain ever encountered in the solar system. asserted

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