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NASA's Mars 2020 Mission performs first supersonic parachute test
Nov 16, 2017, at 07:40 pm
Washington, Nov 16 (IBNS): Landing on Mars is difficult and not always successful. Well-designed advance testing helps. 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 second). Preparations for this mission have provided, for the first time, dramatic video of the parachute opening at supersonic speed.
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NASA's Mars 2020 Mission performs first supersonic parachute test
Thu, Nov 16 2017