Entry Descent and Landing (EDL)
The New Mars Landing Approach: How We’ll Land Large Payloads on the Red Planet
Back in 2007, I talked with Rob Manning, engineer extraordinaire at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and he told me something…
Amazing! Ingenuity Helicopter Flies to the Perseverance Backshell and Parachute to See Them Close Up
You may recall we reported earlier this month that the Perseverance rover finally spotted its parachute and backshell off in…
Perseverance has Landed. Here are its First Pictures From the Surface of Mars
They’ve done it again. After a journey of nearly seven months for the Perseverance rover, the Navigation and Entry, Descent…
Land Heavier Payloads on Mars. Aim for the Ground and Then Pull up at the Last Moment
A team of researchers has devised a new strategy for landing heavier craft on Mars, which could allow for crewed…
InSight Lander Touches Down! Begins Mission to Unlock the Secrets of Mars
Earlier today, after a seven month journey through space, NASA's InSight Lander mission touched down on the Martian surface.
Mars Missions Need To Be Neat Freaks At Key Sites
A new study from the Finnish Meteorological Institute shows how jettisoned hardware and Martian weather could make a dangerous combination!
Masten’s Xombie Tests a Mars EDL-type Trajectory
Could one of the next landings on Mars be led by a commercial company? Masten Space Systems vertical take-off and…