A NASA photo authentically shows “otherworldly wreckage" on Mars. Rating: Miscaptioned (About this rating?) Context: While the photograph is genuine, what it shows is the NASA lander's aeroshell ...

While the photograph is genuine, what it shows is the NASA lander's aeroshell (heat-shielded protective shell) – initially launched from Earth – and not “otherwordly wreckage,” as posts on ...

A four-to-five-meter rigid aeroshell using classic heat-resistant materials is suitable for returning up to one and a half metric tons from space. Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator ...

To make those cuts happen — a total of $3.6 billion — NASA would have to close the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, and cancel the mission that will bring back samples of Mars ...