Mars orbiter watches Perseverance rover cross the marathon finish line | Space photo of the day for June 29, 2026
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NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spotted Perseverance rover as it completed driving the distance of a marathon (26.2 miles or 42 kilometers) on the Red Planet. (Image credit: Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona) A spacecraft orbiting Mars watched as its “friend,” the Perseverance rover, finished its first marathon on the Martian surface. There weren’t any medals handed out, […]