# NASA may reroute Perseverance’s Earthbound twin to the lunar south pole

The rover NASA hopes to drive across the moon's south pole has already been assembled. It has been sitting here on Earth the entire time. Full-scale ground replicas exist for both Curiosity and Perseverance, and scientists lean on them to trial features and software updates before those changes are

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| Published | 8 August 2026 |

Source: https://egamers.io/nasa-may-reroute-perseverances-earthbound-twin-to-the-lunar-south-pole/