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NASA’s Perseverance rover is about to attempt a supersonic plunge to Mars, complete with a jetpack landing – Yahoo News
NASA’s rover must plow through Mars’ atmosphere at supersonic speeds, deploy a parachute to slow itself, then fly to safety with a jetpack.
An artist’s illustration of NASA’s Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter on Mars. NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA is about to accomplish an unprecedented feat: The agency’s Perseverance Mars rover is set to film its own high-stakes landing.
The vehicle has almost reached its destination. On February 18, after nearly seven months and 300 million miles of space travel, the robot is slated to to plummet through the thin Martian atmosphere, deploy a parachute and a jetpack, then gently land in an ancient…
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