NASA’s Record-Setting Perseverance Rover Team
Description Members of NASA’s Perseverance Mars mission team gather in the Mars Yard at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California with a…
NASA reports: Description Members of NASA’s Perseverance Mars mission team gather in the Mars Yard at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California with a certificate from Guinness World Records marking the rover distance record on the Red Planet.
Positioned in front of the team is OPTIMISM (Operational Perseverance Twin for Integration of Mechanisms and Instruments.
This science story centres on the United States. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include NASA’s Record-Setting Perseverance Rover, Mars Yard and Description Members of NASA’s Perseverance.
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- NASA’s Record-Setting Perseverance Rover, Mars Yard, Description Members of NASA’s Perseverance, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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