A view from a navigation camera aboard Perseverance on Oct. 11, the day the rover broke the record for distance traveled on another world.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance has surpassed the off-Earth driving record set by a predecessor rover, Opportunity. Perseverance reached the milestone of 28.1 mi. on Oct. 11—its 2,006th day on Mars—as it traveled in a region off the western rim of Jezero Crater. The rover landed on the crater floor...
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