5 Mars breakthroughs by NASA’s Perseverance rover, explained

NASA’s Perseverance rover has broken the off-world driving record, travelling 28.10 miles across Mars. But that’s only one of its major achievements. From investigating potential signs of ancient life to producing oxygen from the Martian atmosphere, here are 5 milestones shaping our understanding of the Red Planet. Video Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Perseverance rover footage, mission imagery and animations: NASA/JPL-Caltech. MOXIE experiment visuals: NASA/JPL-Caltech / GettyImages