This little rover will ride shotgun on Japan’s ambitious Mars moon sample-return mission

(Image credit: CNES/DLR/JAXA (ASTERIX® OBELIX® IDEFIX® © Année LES EDITIONS ALBERT RENE / GOSCINNY-UDERZO)) A small rover built in Europe has arrived in Japan in preparation for its voyage to Mars. The autonomous 55-pound (25-kilogram) rover is called IDEFIX and is part of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s ( […]

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