NASA’s Perseverance rover recently drove a record distance on a single solar day across the surface of Mars, smashing the record set by another rover in 2005.
NASA’s Perseverance rover recently smashed the record for the longest drive on a single solar day on Mars, traveling 245.76 meters across the dusty surface.
NASA highlighted the record-breaking drive in a couple of tweets posted over the last couple of days: AutoNav NASA’s most advanced Mars rover to date also beat its own record for the longest AutoNav drive. Perseverance is NASA’s first Mars rover to feature such a function, which enables the six-wheeled vehicle to safely traverse the Martian surface autonomously, with 3D maps and specially designed software helping it avoid obstacles such as large rocks and patches of loose sand.
For comparison, NASA’s other operational Mars rover, Curiosity, currently travels no faster than 20 meters per hour as it has no AutoNav function to automatically guide it.
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