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NASA’s Perseverance Now Autonomously Pinpoints Its Location on Mars

There is no GPS at the Red Planet, but a new technology called Mars Global Localization lets Perseverance determine precisely where it is — without human help.

NASA’s Perseverance Now Autonomously Pinpoints Its Location on Mars
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There is no GPS at the Red Planet, but a new technology called Mars Global Localization lets Perseverance determine precisely where it is — without human help.

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