Mars Global Localization (MGL), a tech similar to GPS on Earth, lets Perseverance nail down its coordinates to about 10 inches.

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Nasa's Perseverance rover has completed five years on Mars and received a new autonomous navigation system. This technology allows the rover to pinpoint its location without help from Earth.

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Engineers working on NASA’s Perseverance rover mission at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida have begun the process of placing the Mars-bound rover and other spacecraft components into the ...

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NASA’s Perseverance rover took this selfie, made up of 62 individual images, on July 23. A rock nicknamed “Cheyava Falls,” which has features that may offer clues about whether Mars was once home to ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has completed the first artificial intelligence-planned drive on the surface of Mars, covering 807 feet across two separate sessions in December 2025. The achievement shifts ...

The Perseverance rover found a rock on Mars that scientists think could show evidence that life once existed on the Red Planet. The rock – nicknamed "Cheyava Falls" after a waterfall in the Grand ...

NASA's Perseverance rover took this selfie in May 2025. The Navcam used to capture the apparent comet images is located just below the large white camera at the top of the mast. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS ...

NASA has extended the missions of eight of its planetary-science spacecraft, thanks to their outstanding scientific productivity. The list: NASA's InSight lander, Mars Odyssey, Mars Reconnaissance ...