NASA’s Perseverance rover is zooming toward Mars on its 300-million-mile journey. A few weeks ago, as it traveled at more than 24,000 miles per hour, something really cool happened.
Nestled within its spacecraft millions of miles from Earth, SuperCam sent scientists an update.
Mars Technica is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Cover art by Joey Montoya. Image courtesy NASA/JPL. With special thanks to Laura Mullane, Scott Faulk, Charles Poling, Arthur Bishop and Camille Dickson.
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