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NASA Will Soon Find Out If the Perseverance Rover Can Really Persevere On Mars


With NASA's Mars Sample Return mission delayed into the 2030s, engineers are certifying the Perseverance rover to keep operating for many more years while it continues collecting and safeguarding Martian rock samples. Ars Technica reports: The good news is that the robot, about the size of a small ...

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