Technology & Innovation Active Updated Oct 24, 2026

Perseverance and the off-world driving record

Where it stands as of Oct 24, 2026

ScienceAlert reported that NASA's Perseverance has broken the off-world driving record while mostly steering itself. Details of the distance and the autonomy involved are not yet recorded here. Whether the same approach scales to harder terrain and future missions is not known.

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    ScienceAlert reported that NASA's Perseverance broke the off-world driving record while mostly steering itself.

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