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NASA's Mars 2020 Rover Completes Its First Drive

In a 10-plus-hour marathon, the rover steered, turned and drove in 3-foot (1-meter) increments over small ramps.

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Mars Weather

InSight sol 377 (2019-12-18) low -97.5ºC (-143.6ºF) high -19.9ºC (-3.9ºF)\nwinds from the SSE at 6.4 m/s (14.3 mph) gusting to 21.0 m/s (47.1 mph)\npressure at 6.50 hPa

Mars Facts

Equatorial Diameter: 6,792 km
Polar Diameter: 6,752 km
Mass: 6.39 × 10^23 kg
(0.11 Earths)
Moons: 2 (Phobos & Deimos)
Orbit Distance: 227,943,824 km
(1.38 AU)
Orbit Period: 687 days (1.9 years)
Surface Temperature: -87 to -5 °C
First Record: 2nd millennium BC
Recorded By: Egyptian astronomers

Mars Hemispheres

Cerberus Hemisphere
Schiaparelli Hemisphere
Syrtis Major Hemisphere
Valles Marineris Hemisphere