NASA engineers took the Mars 2020 rover out for a spin this week for the first time at a lab in California, and announced the next time it drives will be atop red Martian soil. 'Mars 2020 has earned its driver's license,' Rich Rieber, the lead mobility systems engineer for Mars 2020, said
NASA engineers took the Mars 2020 rover out for a spin this week for the first time at a lab in California, and announced the next time it drives will be atop red Martian soil.
"The test unambiguously proved that the rover can operate under its own weight and demonstrated many of the autonomous-navigation functions for the first time," he added."This is a major milestone for Mars 2020." The Mars 2020 rover is set to head towards the Red Planet in the summer of 2020, with a mission of searching for signs of past life, learn more about Mars' climate and geology as well as collect samples.
The revamped Mars 2020 rover is smarter than its predecessors, Opportunity and Curiosity, according to NASA.
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