NASA tests supersonic landing parachute

Q.  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 what year?
- Published on 22 Nov 17

a. 2030
b. 2025
c. 2020
d. 2050

ANSWER: 2020
 
NASA tests supersonic landing parachuteThe 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 special parachute to slow spacecraft down as it enters Martian atmosphere at over 5.4 kilometres per second. It was first of several tests in support of NASA’s Mars 2020 mission.

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