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Rover on Mars

Perseverance

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Landed in Jezero crater, an ancient lake bed, to look for signs of past life and cache samples.

At Mars.

Measured

Landed
2021-02-18
Agency
NASA/JPL-Caltech
Where
18.440°N, 77.450°E on Mars

How far, from the Earth

1.31 AU. To cross it:

  • Light11 minutes
  • Voyager 1's speed4.41 months
  • Driving at 100 km/h223 years

Voyager 1 at the speed it moved outward over the year to 2026-10-25 (JPL Horizons). Driving: nonstop, never refuelling.

Facts

  • Status: active — driving; this is its LANDING site.

Where this comes from

  • Octavia E. Butler Landing, named by NASA/JPL (PIA24483): 18.44°N, 77.45°E, a commonly quoted position (that caption gives none) — to about a kilometre.
  • Apollo sites: NSSDCA (NASA) from LRO images, Wagner et al. 2017. Other Moon sites: LROC, Wagner et al. 2017. Chang'e sites: LROC, NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University. Mars: NASA/JPL-Caltech; InSight: Golombek et al. 2020.

Every catalogue Ouranos draws is credited on the credits page.