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NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover

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Cropped from a 9-tile post drive R-NavCam. The drive distance may have been over 7 meters, but the point-to-point distance was less than one meter. This long drive may have been a result of the rover having one of its wheels perched on a rock, leaving it unstable for un-stowing the robotic arm.

I'm assuming we'll see some closer inspection of this target over the weekend.

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[–] goat@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] mrfriki@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

So shiny it looks like polished.

[–] paulhammond5155@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

It looks like it has been polished by eons of wind blown dust particles