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  2. Sky crane (landing system) - Wikipedia

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    [3] [4] [5] Sky crane is "an eight-rocket jetpack attached to the rover". [6] This system is also much more precise: while the Mars Exploration Rovers could have landed anywhere within their respective 93-mile by 12-mile (150 by 20 kilometer) landing ellipses, Mars Science Laboratory landed within a 12-mile (20-kilometer) ellipse. [ 7 ]

  3. 2K1 Mars - Wikipedia

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    The Mars (Russian: Марс, lit. 'Mars'; NATO reporting name FROG-2, GRAU index 2K1, 2К1) was a Soviet solid-fuel tactical missile system with a range of 7 to 18 km. The chief designer was N. P. Mazur. Weight of launcher: 15 tons, based on PT-76 tank; rocket engine: 3R1; missile diameter: 1.75 m; guidance: by launcher; maximum speed of ...

  4. Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations - Wikipedia

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    In 2023, NASA joined the DARPA program in developing the nuclear thermal rocket (NTR) to carry astronaut crews to deep-space destinations like Mars. [6] DRACO will be the world's first in-orbit demonstration of a NTR engine. [7] It will reportedly be launched aboard a Vulcan Centaur as a payload. [8]

  5. The Nuclear Thermal Rocket That Could Get Us to Mars in Just ...

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    NASA will test a nuclear-powered rocket for space travel. The technology could speed up a manned trip to Mars from the current seven-month minimum to 45 days.

  6. Mars 2020 - Wikipedia

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    The launch of Mars 2020 was the third of three space missions sent toward Mars during the July 2020 Mars launch window, with missions also launched by the national space agencies of the United Arab Emirates (the Emirates Mars Mission with the orbiter Hope on July 19, 2020) and China (the Tianwen-1 mission on July 23, 2020, with an orbiter ...

  7. Ingenuity (helicopter) - Wikipedia

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    Ingenuity, nicknamed Ginny, is an autonomous NASA helicopter that operated on Mars from 2021 to 2024 as part of the Mars 2020 mission. Ingenuity made its first flight on 19 April 2021, demonstrating that flight is possible in the extremely thin atmosphere of Mars, and becoming the first aircraft to conduct a powered and controlled extra-terrestrial flight.

  8. List of military rockets - Wikipedia

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    List of Military Rockets Name Type Country of Origin AIR-2 Genie: Air-to-air rocket USA: Gimlet: Air-to-air rocket USA: Le Prieur: Air-to-air rocket France: Arash: Tactical rocket Iran: T-122 Sakarya: Tactical rocket Turkey: BORA: Tactical rocket Turkey: Kasirga rocket system: Tactical rocket Turkey: TOROS artillery rocket system: Tactical ...

  9. Police: Inert Cold War-era missile found in garage of ...

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    An inert rocket of the type used to carry a nuclear warhead has been found in the garage of a home of a deceased resident in Washington state, police said. Bellevue police responded Thursday to a ...