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The lost Soviet Mars lander, how Mars 3 reached the surface in 1971 and disappeared moments later
In 1971, the Soviet Union achieved the first soft landing on Mars, but Mars 3 transmitted only 14 seconds of data before a global dust storm swallowed its signal. Decades later, high resolution ...
On Wednesday, October 19, an experimental Mars lander from the European Space Agency (ESA) is going to touch down on the surface of the Red Planet, a practice mission to prepare for a rover landing.
The Japanese space agency JAXA is studying use of inflatable aeroshells to enable landings of small Mars rovers. Credit: ISAS/JAXA WASHINGTON — An institute in Japan’s space agency is pursuing a ...
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosalind Franklin rover is back on course for a landmark trip to Mars, where it will probe the red planet for signs of extraterrestrial life. ESA initially designed ...
As the Orion, the world’s most advanced deep-space capsule, counts down to circumnavigating the Moon, that trek could be the forerunner to a cascade of Mars missions in the 2030s. Shown here is a ...
Airbus (OTCPK:EADSF) (OTCPK:EADSY) was selected by the European Space Agency and Thales Alenia Space to design and build crucial systems for the ExoMars lander, which will safely deliver the Rosalind ...
Two research teams have identified possible landing sites for Luna 9, the first human-made object to safely reach the lunar ...
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