We’re happy to confirm: we have a parachute design that can work on Mars 🪂 It’s an ambitious system, featuring the largest parachute ever flown outside Earth. The first-stage main parachute is 15 m wide, while the second-stage main parachute is 35 m wide, the largest ever used on Mars or anywhere in the Solar System beyond Earth. Made from over 800 square metres of fabric and more than four kilometres of cord for the suspension lines, it takes around three days to fold it inside its bag. In Jul