The Mars rover Perseverance has successfully conducted its first test drive on the Red Planet, the US space agency NASA said Friday 05 March 2021.
The six-wheeled rover traveled about 6.5 meters (21.3 feet) in 33 minutes on Thursday 04 March 2021, NASA said.
It drove four meters forward, turned in place 150 degrees to the left, and then backed up 2.5 meters, leaving tire tracks in the Martian dust.
NASA engineers said they were studying possible routes for longer rover voyages on the surface of Mars.
A slightly longer trip was planned for Friday, and perhaps another Saturday if all goes well, NASA said.
The rover can cover 200 meters per Martian day, which is slightly longer than a day on Earth.
And it goes five times faster than Curiosity, its predecessor, which is still functioning eight years after landing on Mars.
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