When landing on Mars was nearly impossible, NASA engineers invented giant inflatable airbags to cushion the impact. This video reveals the story behind this remarkable technology used in the ...

NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover landing was a huge event last week, but there was probably something you missed. During the landing, cameras affixed to the rover’s descent hardware captured ...

And since it takes 11 minutes for a radio signal to get from Earth to Mars ... after landing. It will search for ancient microbial life by drilling and extracting core samples. The rover will ...

Just landing successfully on Mars is a feat ... It also became clear that airbags simply weren’t feasible for a rover as big and heavy as Curiosity. If NASA wanted to land bigger spacecraft ...

Google embedded an Easter egg celebrating that Mars rover landing in a Google Search results page, which is shown when a user conducts a search related to the rover. Various buildings and ...

Nasa's Perseverance rover is attempting to land on Mars on ... interview by Roland Pease and Deborah Cohen. For more on the Mars landing, listen to Science in Action on BBC World Service.

This high-resolution still image is part of a video taken by several cameras as NASA’s Perseverance rover touched down on Mars on Feb ... backed the launch and landing of this rover in four ...

After landing on Mars, NASA's Perseverance rover sent back several pictures it captured. One of the pictures show the rover about to land on the planet, while the other shows one of the six wheels of ...

The orange star represents the landing site of the Chinese rover Zhurong. The yellow star is the site of NASA's Perseverance rover, which landed a few months before Zhurong. Credit: Robert Citron (CN) ...