CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – On June 14, NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover achieved a major milestone by traveling a full marathon distance runners trek length across the Red Planet The 1 ton robotic explorer reached the full marathon distance of 26.2 miles, or 42.195 kilometers) on Sol 1890 of its mission – after five years and four months of driving since
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – Just a few Sols, or Martian Days, after the surviving the harrowing ‘7 Minutes of Terror’ on Feb. 18, NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover has been spotted and imaged at her landing site on the surface of the Red Planet by another Martian orbiter namely the ExoMars orbiter along with the parachute,
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – In a harbinger of many great things to come NASA’s nuclear powered Perseverance rover beamed back a truly beyond spectacular first of its kind selfie image showing her dangling in midair from the sky crane descent stage on three nylon tethers just about six feet (2 m) above the floor of Jezero