Shows the path (with scale) of the drive on 1227. North is up on all of the JPL/NASA mission maps (unless otherwise stated)

    • paulhammond5155@lemmy.worldOP
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      3 months ago

      How many miles total has each rover done?

      As of August 4th 2024:-

      Opportunity - 28.06 miles

      Spirit - 4.8 miles

      Curiosity - 19.96 miles (still operational)

      Perseverance - 17.23 miles (still operational)

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              3 months ago

              AFAIK - The Russian space agency never provided an update on them. Pity, I’d like to have seen them operate ☺️

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                It sounds like of the four missions containing PrOP-M rovers, only Mars 3 made it to a soft landing on the surface.

                The lander began transmitting to the Mars 3 orbiter 90 seconds after landing. After 20 seconds, transmission stopped for unknown reasons.

                Due to communication loss it is unknown whether the rover was deployed.

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                  3 months ago

                  I guess the world will have to wait for those future boots on the ground at the Mars 3 landing site to see if the rover was deployed. Deep down I hope it did get deployed and roved, even it was only a few centimeters / inches. Those boots will be long after I am pushing up the daisies, as I’m already older than dirt… :) But the young ones that follow these exploits on Mars will get to see what happened… :)