NASA\u2019s Perseverance rover appears as a green speck on the Martian surface on June 13, 2026, a day before the robotic explorer marked a distance milestone, having traveled a full marathon (26.2 miles, or 42.195 kilometers) on the Red Planet. Perseverance reached that distance after five years and four months of driving \u2014 on the 1,890th Martian day, or sol, of its mission; the previous record holder, NASA\u2019s Opportunity rover, took 11 years and two months to reach the same milestone.<\/p>\n
This image was taken by NASA\u2019s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) using its High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera. The rover\u2019s tracks can be seen tracing the surface. The rover is in an area west of Jezero Crater that the science team is calling \u201cArbot.\u201d<\/p>\n
Figure A is the same image with a yellow circle indicating Perseverance.<\/p>\n
Managed for NASA by Caltech, NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California manages operations of the Perseverance rover and MRO on behalf of the agency\u2019s Science Mission Directorate as part of NASA\u2019s Mars Exploration Program portfolio. Lockheed Martin Space in Denver built MRO and supports its operations. The University of Arizona, in Tucson, operates HiRISE, which was built by BAE Systems in Boulder, Colorado.<\/p>\n
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