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American space agency NASA announced it found a new way to allow the Perseverance rover to determine its position on Mars by itself.

A new technology lets NASA’s Mars rover pinpoint its position within inches, drive farther on its own, and speed up exploration.

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After nearly five years on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover has traveled almost 25 miles (40 kilometers), and the mission team has been busy testing the rover’s durability and gathering new science ...

Nasa has developed a new technology that allows Perseverance, its most recently deployed Mars rover, to locate itself on the planet with an accuracy within 25cm.

With the help of a new optical system, the Perseverance rover can determine its position on Mars autonomously and much more accurately than before.

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover may soon set a record for the longest distance driven on another planet. Nearly five years into its mission on the Red Planet, the car-sized rover still has enough ...