NASA's Perseverance rover keeps breaking records on Mars. 1046 feet in a day? - Interesting Engineering

Here's how Perseverance has broken the Mars driving record — of 319 meters in one day — with minimal human intervention.

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover mission has cost more than $2 billion so far, so it would be a disaster if it hit an insurmountable obstacle and became stuck in the red planet's harsh terrain. So how… [+2758 chars]

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