Launched on May 5, InSight marks NASA's first landing on Mars since the Curiosity rover in 2012 and the first dedicated to studying the deep interior of Mars.
February 2021 has been a historical month forMars exploration. While humans have been exploring the red planet for well over 50 years, first landing on its surface in 1971 and then launching the first successful rover in 1997, this year has seen several firsts, namely the first time that th...
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- NASA's InSight spacecraft touched down safely on Mars on Monday, kicking off its two-year mission as the first spacecraft designed to explore the deep interior of another world. Launched on May 5, InSight marks NASA's first landing on Mars since the Cu...
After a harrowing plunge through the thin Martian atmosphere, the robotic explorer ‘Percy’ can begin its landmark hunt for signs of ancient life
Shortly after the rover's landing on the floor of Jezero Crater, the helicopter was dropped to the surface and on April 19, 2021, it lifted off on thefirst of five planned test flightsto demonstrate the feasibility of flying in the thin Martian atmosphere. ...
NASA First Invaded Red Planet with Viking Mars LandingChoi
This is the first image NASA’s Perseverance rover sent back after touching down on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021. After a seven-month, 300-million-mile journey, a NASA rover on Thursday successfully landed on the red planet, where it will search for signs of ancient life. WA...
But landing a wheeled robot on Mars isn’t about speed. With an improved computer for avoiding obstacles and sand pits, “we’ll have less time planning drives and down time, and more time to do science,” Zarifian says. An elevated slab of land that Scientists say is a junction where...
on the Red Planetjust before midday PT on Nov. 26,InSight quickly beamed back its first image: a gritty, dust-covered view of the Martian soil. That image, taken by the Instrument Context Camera (ICC), was obstructed by a protective lens cap installed to protect the device during landing...
Landing on Mars: ‘7 minutes of terror’ If successful, Perseverance will be NASA’s ninth landing on Mars. First, it has to go through the infamous “seven minutes of terror.” The one-way time it takes for radio signals to travel from Earth to Mars is about 10.5 minutes, which means...