It crept at a speed that rush-hour veterans could appreciate — all of 21.3 feet in 33 minutes — but Perseverance has executed its first drive on the surface of Mars, NASA announced Friday. “I don’t think I’ve ever been happier to see wheel tracks in my life,” Anais Zarifian, an engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said at a news briefing.
Mars Rover Perseverance Gets Its First Test Drive
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Sat, 03/06/2021 - 6:11am
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