NASA had been aiming to put men back on the moon by 2024. Alas, that is not to be. Yesterday, Nasa administrator, Bill Nelson, quickly began fingerpointing saying Congress had not allocated enough money to develop a landing system.
NASA has been responsible for some of the most significant space exploration missions in history, including the Apollo missions, the Space Shuttle program, and the International Space Station. We have a wide range of topics related to NASA, including space exploration, planetary science, astrophysics, aeronautics, and more. Delve into the history of NASA and the people who have made it the incredible organization it is today.
During the wee hours of April 19, 2021, NASA became the first to fly an object on the surface of another planet. It’s the equivalent of the historic first flight of the Wright Brothers!
Perseverance’s landing sequence was anything but easy. The landing involved several steps, each of which had to be executed perfectly for a safe landing. Here is a video breakdown of the landing.