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by space_fountain 1295 days ago
Perseverance does not use solar power. Instead it has a generator using the slow decay of radioactive material. The solar panel problem was more with earlier rovers
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Well, that's convenient.

It looks like maybe Ingenuity's panel could use a little blast of nitrogen though:

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_f...