Get Ready For 7 Minutes of Terror

February 14, 2021

All landings on Mars are difficult, but NASA's Perseverance rover is attempting to touch down in the most challenging terrain on Mars ever targeted. The intense entry, descent, and landing phase, known as EDL, begins when the spacecraft reaches the top of the Martian atmosphere. Engineers have referred to the time it takes to land on Mars as the 'seven minutes of terror'. The Perseverance rover is set to land on the surface of Mars on February 18, 2021.

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