Red Planet performer track testing Red Planet

NASA's Mars rover sends back selfie of its first spin out on to Red Planet

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NASA'sMars rover has sent a selfie on its first little spin on the Red Planet. Perseverance's 33-minute Friday test drive across Jezero Crater has gone "incredibly well".Mobility test bed engineer Anais Zarifan added the rover sent back images of its wheel tracks across the red Martian surface.They mark a milestone since Perseverance landed on Mars on February 18 to begin its hunt for signs of alien life.During the first drive, the rover drove forward 13 feet, performed a 150-degree turn to the left and reversed eight feet.

It was able to turn its cameras to the site where it landed and its mission will now see it go on drives averaging about 656 feet or more, CNN reports.

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