The space agency describes the process of landing rovers on Mars as "seven minutes of terror."
Perseverance will have to land on Mars without the help of mission control — NASA scientists call it the "seven minutes of terror."
Mars / Satisfy / Basic needs
Ever since SpaceX CEO and Bond villain Elon Musk announced his plans to establish a colony on Mars by the end of the century, the question on everybody’s mind has been, “What’s for space dinner?” Will it be all Impossible Burgers and 3-D printed beef? Will we establish dome farms on Ganymede? What about dehydrated…
Once the Mars Science Laboratory reaches the Red Planet, it must execute a careful, exact descent to land the Curiosity rover safely on the surface.
Because of its association with anger and its alerting color, maybe you will be surprised to hear that Mars is actually a quiet planet.
After a seven-month journey, NASA's Perseverance rover arrives at Mars on Feb. 18. Here's how to watch it navigate 'seven minutes of terror,' and how it will use its payload to search for signs of ancient life on the Red Planet.
One of the most compelling reasons why we should build a lunar base station is that it will serve as a practice ground for our bigger ambitions like colonizing Mars and beyond.
Images of SpaceX's Mars Base Alpha buildup in 4K UHD quality from Elon Musk's 2nd annual presentation of the Starship architecture in September 2017.
