{
  "id": 14560690,
  "title": "Perseverance Rover Path Animation — October 2026 Update",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/perseverance-rover-path-animation-october-2026-update",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-14T23:32:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NASA Science",
    "slug": "nasa-science",
    "url": "https://science.nasa.gov/resource/perseverance-rover-path-animation-october-2026-update/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "An updated Perseverance Rover animation, released on October 2026, showcases the rover's journey from its 2021 landing to the day it broke the off-world driving record, held previously by NASA's Opportunity rover. As of the specified date, Perseverance has covered a distance of over 28 miles (45 kilometers).",
  "summary": "Since it landed on the Red Planet in 2021 to search for signs of ancient life, NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has driven farther, faster than any vehicle ever has on the surface of another world. On Oct. 11, its odometer reached 28.10 miles (45.22 kilometers), rolling past the record of 28.06 miles (45.16 kilometers) by […] The post Perseverance Rover Path Animation — October 2026 Update appeared…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}