mars rovers
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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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NASA and ESA Change Plans for Ambitious Mars Sample Return Mission
Citing unacceptable levels of “high risk,” NASA and the European Space Agency have made key adjustments to a highly complex future mission that will attempt to bring Martian surface samples to Earth.
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Perseverance Rover Has Shaken Out the Pebbles Stuck in Its Sampling System
NASA’s Perseverance team announced that the Mars rover managed to dislodge the pebbles clogging its sample cache system, a problem that has vexed the robot since last month.
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The Perseverance Rover Has a Little Pebble Problem
The Perseverance rover has run into a snag, after a Martian rock sample extracted on December 29 didn’t transfer correctly into the rover’s long-term storage. NASA is currently working on how to remove debris from the rover’s machinery before proceeding with more sampling.