https://it-news.uk/tags/mars/ Recent content in Mars on IT News Hugo en-us Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0800 https://it-news.uk/posts/nasa-perseverance-mars-marathon-42km/ Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0800 https://it-news.uk/posts/nasa-perseverance-mars-marathon-42km/ <p>There&rsquo;s a quiet tension in every rover mission to Mars: the Red Planet is vast, the terrain is punishing, and even at top speed these robotic explorers crawl along at barely a tenth of a mile per hour. So when NASA announced this week that Perseverance had officially logged 26.2 miles — a full marathon distance — on the surface of Mars, the number carried more weight than a simple odometer reading ever could.</p>