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The Sky Crane is a kind of jetpack with eight engines that safely lowers the spacecraft to the ground. The descent stage slows down until it’s hovering over the surface. Then, it slowly winches Perseverance down on a bridle as part of the sky crane maneuver
Know about the HI-SEAS (Hawaii Space Exploration Analog + Simulation) program? Involves a Habitat on Mars-like site in Hawaii at 8200 ft above sea level. The NASA exprmt quarantines around 6 ppl in the Habitat for 1yr to simulate living conditions on Mars - could you handle it?
Gods of Mars relies on the @thinkstations P920 with #NVIDIAQuadro RTX 6000 GPUs and @ASUS monitors to power @UnrealEngine for their Sci-Fi virtual production workflow. Learn more in this @Variety article and see behind-the-scenes footage.
We've been roving across the surface of Mars for more than 20 years.
A new @NASA report looks at what the next decades could hold >> https://t.co/z9vIiOGuZM
Science reports that “megaripples” are moving across the surface of Mars. This suggests the wind on Mars could be stronger than previously thought! 💨 #mara#nasa#lifeonmars