Launching a Mars Parachute
Jet Propulsion Laboratory https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ May 18, 2020
This animated GIF shows a test of the mortar system that will be used on Feb. 18, 2021, to deploy the parachute for NASA's Perseverance rover. The test took place in November 2019 at a facility in central Washington.
For more information about the mission, go to https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/.