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  2. Mars landing - Wikipedia

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    A Mars landing is a landing of a spacecraft on the ... all methods of landing on Mars have used an aeroshell and parachute sequence for Mars atmospheric entry and ...

  3. List of missions to Mars - Wikipedia

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    On November 27 it became in short sequence the second spacecraft to orbit another planet. [5] Operated for 362 orbits [6] Proton-K/D: Mars 2 lander (SA 4M No.171) Lander Spacecraft failure First lander to impact Mars. Deployed from Mars 2, failed to land during attempt on 27 November 1971. [7] PrOP-M: Rover Failure Lost with Mars 2: First rover ...

  4. Sky crane (landing system) - Wikipedia

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    Sky crane is a soft landing system used in the last part of the entry, descent and landing (EDL) sequence developed by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory for its two largest Mars rovers, Curiosity and Perseverance. While previous rovers used airbags for landing, both Curiosity and Perseverance were too heavy to be landed this way. Instead, a ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. Zhurong (rover) - Wikipedia

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    Entry, descent and landing (EDL) sequence of Tianwen-1 lander and Zhurong rover On 14 May 2021, the lander and Zhurong rover separated from Tianwen-1 's orbiter. After performing a Mars atmospheric entry that lasted about nine minutes, the lander and rover made a successful soft landing in the Utopia Planitia , using a combination of aeroshell ...

  7. List of Mars landers - Wikipedia

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    List of Mars landers S.No Landers Launch date Landing date Mass (kg) [1] Landing site Region Status Country MOLA Entry velocity References 1. Mars 2MV-3 No.1: 04 Nov 1962 25 Nov 1962 890 - - Failure Soviet Union - - [2] 2. Mars 2: 19 May 1971 27 Nov 1971 1210 45°S 47°E ♦ - Failure Soviet Union - - [3] [4] 3. Mars 3: 28 May 1971 02 Dec 1971 ...

  8. Viking program - Wikipedia

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    Viking 1 entered Mars orbit on June 19, 1976, with Viking 2 following on August 7. After orbiting Mars for more than a month and returning images used for landing site selection, the orbiters and landers detached; the landers then entered the Martian atmosphere and soft-landed at the sites that had been chosen.

  9. Mars Pathfinder - Wikipedia

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    Landing sequence Mars Pathfinder during final assembly showing the aeroshell, cruise ring and solid rocket motor. Mars Pathfinder entered the Martian atmosphere and landed using an innovative system involving an entry capsule, a supersonic parachute, followed by solid rockets and large airbags to cushion the impact.