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Perseverance rover: NASA’s Mars explorer has an Earth twin – Inverse
After launching the NASA Perseverance rover to Mars earlier this summer, NASA is rolling out the rover’s Earthly twin in a Mars yard in Southern California.
In late July, NASA launched Perseverance rover to Mars to hunt for signs of ancient life on the Red Planet.
As the robot astrobiologist floats through space on its way to Mars, its twin is getting ready to mirror the rover’s mission right here on Earth.
Perseverance’s Earthly twin is gearing up to set out to the ‘Mars Yard’ this month, where it will simulate the mission that Perseverance will engage in over 44 million miles away.
Its name? OPTIMISM.
Perseverance’s near-identical twin is a f…
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