Mars Odyssey orbiter has captured a breathtaking new view of the massive volcano Arsia Mons rising through morning ice clouds ...

On May 2, as sunlight crept over the Martian horizon, the Odyssey spacecraft captured Arsia Mons, a towering, long-extinct volcano, puncturing a glowing band of greenish haze in the planet’s upper ...

The sky crane system used on the Perseverance and Curiosity Mars rovers is a challenging control system problem that piqued [Nicholas Rehm]’s curiosity. Constrained to Earth, he decided to ...

One would land vehicles on Mars using the Sky Crane method NASA previously used to land Perseverance and another rover, Curiosity. The alternative is enlisting a commercial partner to develop what ...

Ultimately, NASA settled on two options, with the key difference being the way a Mars sample retrieval lander is delivered to the planet’s surface. Option 1 is the sky crane method, which NASA ...

Aerojet Rocketdyne went a step farther, urging NASA to reduce the mass of the Mars rocket to reuse its sky crane. A Mars rover descends to the surface of the planet with the help of the sky crane ...

The first method NASA is evaluating is called the "sky crane," in which a vehicle will head to Mars, get close to the surface with the help of a parachute, pick up the samples the Perseverance ...

The agency’s Mars Sample Return Program plans to bring ... for landing the Curiosity and Perseverance rovers, called a sky crane. The other option is to use a commercially developed lander ...

The first option will rely on the sky crane method, used for the entry descent and landing of the two rovers still exploring Mars. The second will utilize new commercial capabilities and partners ...

The first option would employ a rocket-powered "sky crane," the system that successfully landed NASA's Curiosity and Perseverance rovers on Mars in August 2012 and February 2021, respectively.

During Tuesday’s press conference, Nelson presented the two options being considered to help the Sample Retrieval Lander touch down on Mars. The first option would be the "sky crane" landing ...