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NASA added 6 HD video cameras to its next Mars rover so we can all watch the first footage of a spacecraft landing on another planet – Business Insider Australia
One out of every two spacecraft that humanity rockets toward Mars for a landing never makes it.
- NASA is preparing to launch its Perseverance rover, a car-sized nuclear-powered robot, to Mars on July 30.
- After reaching Mars, the rover will perform a harrowing descent to the surface that will require a heat shield, supersonic parachute, and rocket-powered crane.
- NASA is hoping to record much of the descent and landing with six high-definition cameras – possibly returning the first video footage of a spacecraft landing on another planet.
- Persevean…
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