Perseverance rover goes for a short drive

The US space agency's Perseverance rover has wiggled its wheels and undertaken its first Martian drive. It didn't move far - just 6.5m (21ft) in total, but Nasa's deputy project scientist Katie Stack Morgan said it was a significant moment. The four images in this sequence show the end part of the drive, as the rover reverses a short way.

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