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Mars Perseverance

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Next close approach (safe)

Dec. 24, 2022

143,000 Miles

Proximity 143,000

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Robotics

RoMan

Roman was built to advance the ability of autonomous robots to interact with the wide variety of objects that they might encounter in human-scale environments, be they small and hard to grasp or large, heavy, and difficult to move.

Mass

250.043 Pounds

250.043

Length

4.13 Feet

4.13

Speed

14.8 Feet per second

14.8
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