Mars Rover Completes First AI-Planned Drive; NASA JPL Also Features Earth Ocean Monitoring Satellite

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has announced that the Mars rover “Perseverance” has successfully completed its first autonomous drive using artificial intelligence (AI), navigating the Martian surface without direct human route planning. This groundbreaking drive demonstrates the AI’s capability to independently generate a safe route across the Red Planet.

Additionally, the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) mission, a collaboration between NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), is highlighted. The satellite for this mission possesses the ability to peer through clouds and observe Earth’s oceans in detail, particularly in areas like the Mississippi River Delta. This marks a significant advancement in monitoring Earth’s oceans and their environmental changes.

These announcements, published on the NASA JPL website, showcase the latest achievements in two distinct fields: the application of AI in Martian exploration and the progress in Earth observation technology. The AI-driven autonomous drive on Mars was achieved on January 30, 2026.

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