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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Can Now Pinpoint its Location on Mars

TechEBlog -·Feb 22

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The NASA Perseverance rover has gained the ability to autonomously pinpoint its location on Mars. This new capability is described as a form of gps, granting the rover greater autonomy. The exact method of this upgrade varies in reports, with some mentioning a tech upgrade and others referencing the reprogramming of a helicopter's chip, but the outcome is that the rover can now accurately determine its location.

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NASA’s Perseverance Now Autonomously Pinpoints Its Location on Mars

NASA (.gov)·Feb 18

NASA's Perseverance rover now has its own 'GPS' on Mars: 'We've given the rover a new ability'

Space·Feb 22

This massive tech upgrade lets the Mars rover drive anywhere it wants and the science is absolutely wild

supercarblondie.com·Mar 6

NASA engineers reprogrammed Mars helicopter's Snapdragon chip to run the rover instead, reconfiguring system from 140 million miles away — repurposes its 'ancient' unused Qualcomm 801 SoC, accurate to within 10 inches

Tom's Hardware·Feb 24

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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Can Now Pinpoint its Location on Mars

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This massive tech upgrade lets the Mars rover drive anywhere it wants and the science is absolutely wild

NASA engineers reprogrammed Mars helicopter's Snapdragon chip to run the rover instead, reconfiguring system from 140 million miles away — repurposes its 'ancient' unused Qualcomm 801 SoC, accurate to within 10 inches