The Mars Perseverance Rover has made an unexpected discovery, capturing stunning images of the wreckage from its own descent vehicle, the Skycrane. This groundbreaking find unveils a hidden chapter in ...

Samples drilled by the Curiosity rover on Mars have revealed abundant signs of a carbon cycle that remained hidden from orbital scans, alongside clues of how life may have been wiped out on the ...

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 ...

The first plan is to use the “sky crane method," which was used for Mars landings in 2012 (Curiosity mission) and 2021 (Perseverance mission).

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 ...

NASA will investigate two new approaches to bring its Mars samples to Earth through a mission proposal that is less expensive and technically complicated. The space agency will flesh out options that ...

One of the two options would use tried-and-true methods for landing on Mars demonstrated by past rover missions, such as the "sky crane," but would require using a smaller ascent vehicle than ...

NASA announced Tuesday it had narrowed down to two options the reworked Mars Sample Return mission aiming for a cheaper and quicker completion than the version that had been killed last year.

NASA plans to assess either using a beefed-up skycrane landing system or a commercially provided spacecraft to anchor a revised, high-priority science campaign to return samples from Mars, the ...

Sky cranes have revolutionized the way we land on Mars, pushing the boundaries of space exploration like never before. The landing of the Curiosity rover marked a pivotal moment in this technological ...