What might go wrong when a spacecraft lands back from orbit, bearing not just the remains of 166 people but the hopes of ...

Engineers hinted they had hidden a code in the parachute that landed the Perseverance rover. Within hours, puzzle enthusiasts cracked it. By Kenneth Chang As NASA’s Perseverance rover fell ...

When the parachute inflated on Mars, only about six people, including Clark, knew about the existence of the message. NASA/JPL-Caltec. Related article Ingenuity helicopter phones home from Mars.

"Mars 2020 will be carrying the heaviest payload yet to the surface of Mars, and like all our prior Mars missions, we only have one parachute and it has to work," John McNamee, project manager of ...

In this interactive, you take on the role of the lead engineer in charge of designing the Mars Exploration Rovers' parachutes. Consider trade-offs in the parachute's stability, strength, and ...

The largest-ever parachute bound for Mars, which will land Europe's ExoMars rover on the surface of the Red Planet in 2021, passed the first in a series of tests in Sweden.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The huge parachute used by NASA’s Perseverance rover to land on Mars contained a secret message, thanks to a puzzle lover on the spacecraft team. Systems engineer Ian ...

The huge parachute used by NASA’s Perseverance rover to land on Mars contained a secret message, thanks to a puzzle lover on the spacecraft team.

The parachute for Mars 2020 is almost identical to the one used for Curiosity, according to the statement. But more ASPIRE testing is planned, including another launch in February 2018.

The problems with the parachutes may be worse than has publicly been reported, however. Ars has learned of at least one other parachute failure during testing of the ExoMars lander.

The largest-ever parachute bound for Mars, which will land Europe's ExoMars rover on the surface of the Red Planet in 2021, passed the first in a series of tests in Sweden.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The parachute used by NASA’s Perseverance rover to land on Mars contained a secret message, thanks to a puzzle lover on the spacecraft team. Systems engineer Ian Clark ...