A huge moment of truth for NASA's Mars 2020 rover, just as it was for the InSight lander back in November, will be the so-called "seven minutes of terror," the period between entry into the atmosphere and touchdown on the surface of the Red Planet. Here the spacecraft's computers will need to perform thousands of calculations to bring it down safely to the surface through a string of high-stakes maneuvers mission scientists have now begun prepping for with a round of simulations here on home soil.
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