Flares into Darkness

This isn't a post about missed chances, it is a video of the end of NASA's Martian rover Opportunity . It is the final of a seven-p...

Earlier I linked to an animation of the planned landing of the Mars Curiosity Rover landing. It involved a complex series of step...

Above is an 11 minute NASA animation of the Curiosity rover mission. Of particular interest is the landing sequence which involves a parac...