NASA’s Perseverance rover breaks record for off-planet driving on Mars
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is seen in a "selfie" that it took over a rock nicknamed "Rochette," in September 2021. | NASA / JPL-CALTECH / MSSS / via REUTERS
Oct 13, 2026
Washington – NASA’s robotic Perseverance rover has now driven farther than any other vehicle on the surface of any world other than Earth, racking up 28.1 miles (45.2 kilometers) since arriving on Mars in 2021, the U.S. space agency said on Tuesday.
The car-sized, six-wheeled rover reached the milestone 5½ years into its mission to explore if conditions conducive to microbial life ever existed on Earth’s neighbor.
In doing so, it is visiting some of the most ancient terrain ever encountered in the solar system.
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