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28 Miles and Counting: NASA's Perseverance Rover Sets a Mars Driving Record

28 Miles and Counting: NASA's Perseverance Rover Sets a Mars Driving Record

Tech New York Times
NASA’s Perseverance rover has officially set the Martian distance record, surpassing the 28-mile mark previously held by Opportunity.
What: Perseverance reached 28.1 miles on the surface of Mars, ending a record-breaking streak for the Opportunity rover that lasted from 2004 to 2018.
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NASA's Perseverance rover has now driven 28.1 miles on Mars' surface, surpassing the distance that Opportunity covered from 2004 to 2018. Perseverance landed on Mars in February 2021 and has been traveling in and around the Jezero Crater since. It was set to surpass the driving record back in August, but it came across some interesting rocks, so it dawdled for two months. Perseverance most likely still has many miles to go in the coming years. This article contains some of the highlights from its drive so far.

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