A selfie from Curiosity on the planet Mars -

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Impact (smoothly, we hope) expected Thursday evening.

It is this week that the NASA Perseverance rover, which left Earth last July, must put its wheels on Mars.

He can then begin his exploration mission on the red planet, as other robots have done before him.

Curiosity and Opportunity have indeed already surveyed Martian soil, when other devices have rolled on the Moon.

All are Americans or date from the Soviet era.

But which of them has traveled the greatest distance?

In other words, who has the most extraterrestrial kilometers on the clock?

Is it on Mars?

Or on the moon?

Is the record recent?

To find out, just look at this infographic from our partner, Statista, based on NASA data.

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