JPL: Here's How We Land Rovers on Mars (Video)

This video from Jet Propulsion Laboratory shows the process for safely landing rovers on the Red Planet.

Posted Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 8:41 pm PT|Updated Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 9:57 pm PT

Getting a spacecraft to Mars is one thing; getting it safely to the ground is quite another.

This 60-second video from explains three ways to land on the surface of the Red Planet -- all requiring skill and hard work.

"There's nothing easy about landing on Mars,'' the narrator says.

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