curiosity
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NASA’s Record-Breaking Mars Rover Is Way Better at Self-Driving Than Earth Cars
At a blistering top speed of 0.1 miles (around 0.16 km) per hour, Perseverance is shattering what scientists thought possible from a Mars rover.
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A Mars Rock Appears to Be Stuck in Perseverance Rover’s Wheel
NASA’s Perseverance rover has involuntarily adopted a travelling companion, in the form of a stone that’s lodged in one of its six aluminium wheels.
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Curiosity Rover Sees a Weird Martian Rock Formation
Not to be outdone by the young upstart Perseverance, NASA’s Curiosity rover has spent recent days imaging interesting rocks at the base of Mount Sharp on Mars, near which the rover landed in August 2012. One of those features is an arch, similar to some of the towering geology present on parts of Earth —…
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Listen to Lasers Zapping Rocks on Mars in Perseverance’s Latest Dispatch
Unprecedented audio recordings taken by NASA’s Perseverance rover are transporting us to the surface of the Red Planet, allowing us to hear the sound of a gentle alien breeze, and the click-clicking of lasers zapping a Martian rock.