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8 Engineering Breakthroughs Behind NASA’s New Wheel-Lifting Rover
NASA's JPL is testing ERNEST, a four-wheeled prototype rover that can lift its wheels to climb obstacles and drive nearly 10 times faster than Perseverance or Curiosity. Here are nine things its engineering reveals about the future of planetary exploration.Load More
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