The testbed rover OPTIMISM

The testbed rover OPTIMISM
The testbed rover OPTIMISM a full-scale engineering model of NASA's Perseverance rover, the vehicle system test bed (VSTB) rover or OPTIMISM (Operational Perseverance Twin for Integration of Mechanisms and Instruments Sent to Mars). It is housed in a garage facing the 'Mars Yard' at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. NASA