Meet Optimism! NASA tests drives Perseverance’s twin on Earth
A full-size ‘twin’ of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover just moved into its home at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Optimism, a vehicle system test bed rover (VSTB), passed its first driving test in JPL’s massive assembly room with flying colors. Engineers will soon take it for a spin in the Mars Yard, … Read more