12 Mar 2021 Share: During it's first week on the planet's surface, NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover and its Earthbound team has been carefully test driving all onboard systems. This culminated in a more literal test drive as the rover took it's first short foray across the surface the Martian landscape and delivered further historic footage from its highly sophisticated onboard cameras. Covering 21.3 feet (6.5 meters), the drive lasted 33 minutes and produced images of the rover's own landing area. Image: NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover wiggles its wheels on March 4, 2021, the day Perseverance completed its first drive on Mars. Taken from the Navigation Cameras (Navcams), this view shows the front left wheel. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech