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NASA performs Mars 2020 rover’s descent-stage separation test | Technology News, The Indian Express

NASA performs Mars 2020 rover’s descent-stage separation test | Technology News, The Indian Express



NASA performs Mars 2020 rover’s descent-stage separation test

NASA successfully performed the descent stage separation test for its Mars 2020 rover mission. It involved a crane for lifting a rocket-powered descent stage away from the rover.

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In this picture from Sept. 28, 2019, engineers and technicians working on the Mars 2020 spacecraft at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, look on as a crane lifts the rocket-powered descent stage away from the rover after a test. Image source: (NASA/JPL-Caltech)


NASA has recently performed a successful separation test of the Mars 2020 rover. The descent stage separation is going to deliver the six-wheeled robot to the surface of the neighbouring planet, the US space agency said in a recent release.

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