The most current strategy used by NASA to land equipment on Mars includes crashing its rover there.
Awe-inspiring high-definition film from last year shows how NASA used jetpacks and parachutes to safely land the Perseverance rover on Mars.
However, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California is currently researching strategies to deliver equipment to the surface of Mars by performing a planned crash landing.
Future Mars missions could use the significantly less expensive Simplified High Impact Energy Landing Device (SHIELD) lander idea as a stepping stone.
