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Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

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NEW Season 1 Oct 28, 2026 · 1 hr

How Perseverance drove itself into the record books

Perseverance just set the record for the most distance driven on another world. We revisit Mat Kaplan’s 2021 conversation with Vandi Verma, JPL principal engineer and chief engineer of robotic operations for Perseverance, about how the rover drives itself across Mars.

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