space exploration

Perseverance Beats Its Own Mars Driving Record as AutoNav Autonomy Pays Off

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Perseverance Beats Its Own Mars Driving Record as AutoNav Autonomy Pays Off

NASA’s Perseverance rover has rewritten its own record book again. On 12 October 2026 the six-wheeled explorer completed the longest self-planned drive of a single Martian day in its mission, days after its odometer overtook every other vehicle humanity has operated on another world. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory says the run beat the rover’s previous … Read more

Nuclear NASA Era Begins: Fission Reactors Set for Orbit and the Moon

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Nuclear NASA Era Begins: Fission Reactors Set for Orbit and the Moon

NASA and the US Department of Energy have locked in a decade-long partnership to put fission reactors in space, signing a memorandum of understanding titled Accelerating American Leadership in Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion. The document was signed on 8 October at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy’s “Science: A New Golden … Read more