China’s Tianwen-1 Mars probe successfully landed on the Utopia Plain at 7:18 a.m. Beijing Time, on 15 May 2021. The success rate of Mars missions is about 50%, and most failures occur during the ...

From Space.com: Europe’s Mars Express remains set for launch June 2 and is to be the opening volley in a salvo of Mars robotic spacecraft heading to the Red Planet during the coming weeks.

As the spacecraft carrying Perseverance descended toward the Martian surface last week, it was being tracked by another spacecraft about 400 miles away.

The largest-ever parachute bound for Mars, ... starting with the opening of a smaller, 15.7-foot ... Japan tests its Mars moon sample-return probe ahead of 2026 launch ...

China's National Space Administration (CNSA) on Sunday released new images from its Tianwen-1 Mars probe. The footage shows the rover opening a parachute and descending to the Martian surface, and ...

An ambitious NASA Mars rover mission set to launch in 2020 will rely on a special parachute to slow the spacecraft down as it enters the Martian atmosphere at over 12,000 mph (5.4 kilometers per ...

NASA Mars 2020: Watch the First Supersonic Parachute Test Ahead of Red Planet Mission Published Nov 15, 2017 at 6:14 AM EST Updated Nov 15, 2017 at 7:55 AM EST The Black Brant IX rocket launches ...

Boeing-led team to develop guided two-stage system that will compensate for winds Safer Mars landings are in prospect using a two-stage guided parachute to be developed and tested for NASA by a ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — 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.used by NASA's ...

Mars’s orbit will become crowded in February as three countries’ space robot probes are set to arrive. The United Arab Emirates, China, and the United States all have probes that will complete ...

Last month, NASA took another step towards the Red Planet with a test of its supersonic parachute, designed to slow the spacecraft down as it enters the Martian atmosphere at more than 12,000 mph.