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The European Space Agency (ESA) says it successfully tested the complex parachute system meant to deliver the Rosalind ...
"We are happy to confirm that we have a parachute design that can work on Mars — an ambitious system with the largest parachute ever to be flown outside Earth" ...
The European Space Agency (ESA) recently tested a parachute system designed to safely deliver the 310-kg Rosalind Franklin ...
NASA scientists are advancing supersonic parachutes with advanced sensors to make it more reliable and safer at delivering ...
The capsule entered a free fall, accelerating to near-supersonic speeds before triggering a two-stage parachute deployment identical to what will be used on Mars.
The most complex parachute system to ever deploy on Mars has successfully slowed down an ExoMars mock-up landing platform for ...
The Skyfall concept reimagines Mars landings, deploying a six-helicopter swarm to autonomously scout for resources and future ...
The launch of Mars rover Perseverance happens Thursday at 7:50 a.m. EDT. You can watch it live on NASA's YouTube Channel. Live coverage and countdown commentary will begin at 7 a.m.
NASA's Mars Curiosity rover came in for a landing on the red planet at 1:31 a.m. EDT Monday, late Sunday evening at NASA's mission control in California.
Why is Mars barren and uninhabitable, while life has always thrived here on our relatively similar planet Earth? A discovery made by a NASA rover has offered a clue for this mystery, new research ...
NASA’s latest Mars lander transformed an engineering team’s high-risk brainstorming into reality on Sunday, safely lowering the 1 ton, $2.5 billion Curiosity rover into Mars’ Gale Crater ...
Curiosity Mars rover turns 10 NASA's Curiosity rover has captured the first close-up images of a part of Mars that scientists say provide evidence of how water once flowed on the red planet. There ...