3:53 p.m.: Perseverance parachute has deployed to help control its descent to Mars. The spacecraft is now traveling at subsonic speeds. Here goes! Lighting the engines on my “jetpack” for final ...
A metallic-looking rock sitting on the Martian surface has jolted a mission that was already rewriting what we know about the Red Planet. After years of scanning dust, dunes and ancient lakebeds, a ...
NASA’s latest Mars rover represents a complete rethinking of how robotic explorers survive on the Red Planet. Engineers upgraded mobility, autonomy, and scientific instruments to handle harsher ...