Il 2 luglio 2026 il rover Perseverance ha immortalato dalla superficie di Marte un'occultazione planetaria inedita: la scomparsa temporanea della Terra dietro la luna Phobos. Le immagini catturate dall'elaborazione della fotocamera Mastcam-Z nel cratere Jezero mostrano il nostro pianeta ridotto a un singolo punto luminoso che si nasconde dietro il profilo della luna marziana. L'allineamento è stato reso possibile da una combinazione di calcoli orbitali e condizioni di luce ideali nel cielo serale del pianeta rosso.

Sometime next week, NASA's newest rover on Mars, Perseverance, will set a record for the most distance driven by any vehicle on another world.

The automobile-sized rover, which landed on Mars in February 2021, will traverse beyond 45.16 km (28.06 miles) across the Martian surface. In doing so it will break the previous distance record held by the long-lived Opportunity rover, which ceased communications with NASA in 2018.

So how did Perseverance reach this record-setting distance in just a third of the time?

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Sometime next week, NASA's newest rover on Mars, Perseverance, will set a record for the most distance driven by any vehicle on another world.

The automobile-sized rover, which landed on Mars in February 2021, will traverse beyond 45.16 km (28.06 miles) across the Martian surface. In doing so it will break the previous distance record held by the long-lived Opportunity rover, which ceased communications with NASA in 2018.

So how did Perseverance reach this record-setting distance in just a third of the time?

Read full article

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