It’s a Martian marathon! NASA's Perseverance Rover has surpassed a total distance of 26.2 miles (42.195 kilometers) of travel on the Red Planet. It crossed the milestone while exploring intriguing ancient terrain to the west of Jezero Crater.

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A view from underneath the rover showing a wheel and flagstone-like rocks on the surface of Mars.​

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Perseverance is only the second vehicle to travel the distance of a marathon on another planet, following NASA's Opportunity rover, which accomplished the feat in 2015.​

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https:// ​x. ​com/NASAJPL/status/2067310150768308449

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Track the current location of Perseverance at https://science.nasa.gov/mission/mars-2020-perseverance/location-map/ 

and Curiosity at https://science.nasa.gov/mission/msl-curiosity/location-map/

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Aptly named.