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Yesterday, NASA broke a record. The longest distance travelled by a vehicle on the surface of a world other than Earth. The Perseverance rover has now driven 45.22 km, beating the previous record of 45.16 km by the Opportunity rover. Perseverance did the distance in 5.5 years to Oppy's 15.

Paul Byrne

@theplanetaryguy.com

This scene is a composite of two Perseverance Left Navigation Camera (Navcam) images taken 11 October 2026 at a local Jezero Crater time of 2:40 pm. This milestone was reached on Sol 2,006 of the rover's mission. Read more: science.nasa.gov/blogs/persev... Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Paul Byrne

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