The legacy of Red Rover Goes to Mars

The legacy of Red Rover Goes to Mars

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How Perseverance drove itself into the record books

NASA’s Perseverance rover has driven farther than any other vehicle on another world. On Oct. 11, 2026, its odometer reached 45.22 kilometers (28.10 miles), passing the record Opportunity spent about 15 years setting. Perseverance did it in about five and a half years. To celebra ...  Show more

Meet the Winners of The Planetary Society’s 2026 STEP Grants

Every two years, The Planetary Society funds research through our STEP Grants (Science and Technology Empowered by the Public). This year, all three winning projects focus on small bodies in our Solar System, like asteroids and trans-Neptunian objects. Each one tackles a differen ...  Show more

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