NASA Readies Perseverance Mars Rover’s Earthly Twin – Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Did you know NASA’s next Mars rover has a nearly identical sibling on Earth for testing? Even better, it’s about to roll for the first time through a replica Martian landscape.
As NASA’s Mars
rover Perseverance hurtles through space toward the Red Planet, the
six-wheeler’s twin is ready to roll here on Earth.
A full-scale
engineering version of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover – outfitted with wheels,
cameras, and powerful computers to help it drive autonomously – has just moved
into its…

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