The European Space Agency (ESA) wants to develop key technologies for a Mars surface lander by the mid-2030s.
The European-led Mars lander is approaching the Red Planet as part of the ExoMars mission between the European Space Agency and Russia's Roscosmos. The lander will be searching for signs of alien ...
NASA’s Insight lander spent four years on the surface of Mars, uncovering secrets of the planet’s interior, but it eventually succumbed to the most martian of environmental threats ...
A study on a Mars lander demonstrated the importance of considering terrain variability in landing dynamics. The research established a dynamics model that incorporates factors such as plastic ...
NASA awarded Houston-based Intuitive Machines a $2.5 million contract, which the company said it would use to help develop a ...
NASA's $850 million InSight Lander is the first designed to study the interior structure of Mars. Until now, NASA's landers mainly focused on exploring Mars' surface for signs of potential life.
On this date, Jan. 3, 1999, NASA launched the Mars Polar Lander as part of then -NASA administrator Dan Goldin’s “Better, Faster, Cheaper” initiative. But as the saying goes, you can only ...
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NASA's InSight lander mission on Mars has ended. The lander studied Marsquakes and the planet's interior. Dust accumulated on its solar panels, causing power loss. Orbiting spacecraft captured ...
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while for a lander, you have to design and build a heat shield that can withstand the loads of atmospheric entry. Usually, this will mean that the arrival velocity of Mars cannot exceed a certain ...
Credit: ESA/ATG medialab The European Space Agency (ESA) wants to develop key technologies for a Mars surface lander by the mid-2030s. On Dec. 17, the agency issued a call for proposals titled ...