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Supersonic Parachute - Mars 2020 mission
November 23 , 2017
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- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) successfully tested supersonic landing parachute that will be deployed in its Mars rover mission set to launch in 2020.
- The mission will rely on a special parachute to slow spacecraft down as it enters Martian atmosphere at over 5.4 kilometers per second.
- It was the first test of its Mars 2020 mission's parachute-testing series, under the Advanced Supersonic Parachute Inflation Research Experiment (ASPIRE).
- The Mars 2020 rover mission is part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the Red Planet.
- The mission is timed for a launch opportunity in July/August 2020 when Earth and Mars are in good positions relative to each other for landing on Mars.
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