NASA’s Mars rover uses autopilot to navigate toughest route

NASA’s Mars rover uses autopilot to navigate toughest route

A composite image, annotated at JPL using visualization software, showing Perseverance’s path through a dense section of boulders. The pale blue line indicates the course of the center of the front wheel hubs, while darker blue lines show the paths of the rover’s six wheels. NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Mars rover, Perseverance, has used its self-driving smarts …

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Mars May Have Been Habitable in the Past, NASA Rover Observations Suggest Water Presence: Scientists

Mars May Have Been Habitable in the Past, NASA Rover Observations Suggest Water Presence: Scientists

Scientists have suggested that Mars may have experienced cycles of dry and wet seasons in the past, indicating that the planet could have been habitable at some point. Through the analysis of mud crack patterns on the early Martian surface, observed by NASA’s Curiosity Rover, researchers from France, the US, and Canada have discovered signs …

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