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A landmark spacewalk on the International Space Station.

On 29 October, NASA’s Anil Menon and Canada’s Joshua Kutryk spent 7 hours 11 minutes outside the station, installing a new solar array that rolls out to 19 m. It was the 100th US spacewalk from the station without a shuttle docked. The new arrays boost the station’s power by 20–30%.

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Source: Space.com

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New off-world driving record!

On 11 October, NASA's Perseverance rover passed 45.22 km on Mars, beating the 45.16 km set by Opportunity, which drove from 2004 to 2018. It's now exploring some of the oldest rocks in the solar system, just west of Jezero Crater.

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Source: NASA Science

Illustration of a six-wheeled Mars rover on red rocky terrain at sunset, with long wheel tracks winding behind it toward a crater rim.