Hilary Brueck
4)The first option will rely on the sky crane method, used for the entry descent and landing of the two rovers still exploring Mars. The second will utilize new commercial capabilities and partners to deliver a“heavy-lift vehicle”l...
After a short drive on Thursday, NASA's Perseverance rover has now made its first wheel tracks on the surface of Mars. The robot explorer has also racked up a number of other mission 'firsts', while preparing to begin its mission of gathering science from Jezero ...
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.
wheels in place at the landing site on Mars. Engineers wiggled the wheels as a test of the rover’s steering and anticipate embarking on Curiosity’s first drive in the next couple of days. This image was taken by one of Curiosity’s Navigation cameras on August 21. Credit: NASA/JPL-...
NASA官网发布消息,北京时间3月5日“毅力号”火星车在火星表面首次实现了火星行驶! 整个试运行,行驶了大约33分钟,将毅力号向前推进了13英尺(4米),然后左转150度,倒车8英尺(2.5米)进入新的临时泊车点。这…
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...
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...
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...
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...