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

By Tech Desk |New Delhi |Updated: October 12, 2019 5:03:50 pm

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.

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.