We’re excited to release this footage of Masten’s July 25, 2012 Mars landing trajectory test flight on Xombie. The flight reached 476.5 meters in altitude and translated 500 meters downrange. The test ...

The Mars Science Laboratory Entry, Descent, and Landing (EDL) Team was awarded the National Air and Space Museum 2013 Current Achievement Trophy. This video with images from the mission and interviews ...

After a seven-month long journey, Perseverance is almost at Mars. After traveling some 293 million miles (473 million kilometers), NASA’s latest Mars rover is set to land today at 3:55 P.M. EST.

Well, good luck understanding the space agency's everyday lingo, which resembles a sort of Martian alphabet soup. In the highly specialized world of spacecraft engineering, there are many moving parts ...

Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011. Eric and his family live 100% energy and water independent on his off-grid compound in the New Mexico desert. Eric uses his passion for writing about ...

Entry, descent and landing (EDL) experts from NASA’s Langley Research Center will participate in a virtual roundtable and be available for questions from media 9:30 a.m. Feb. 17, one day ahead of the ...