NASA InSight lander nails Mars touchdown after scary six minutes
https://www.cnet.com/news/nasa-insight-mars-landing-mission-control-highlights/
A NASA illustration shows the wide lava plain with InSight in position.
"It was intense," NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine said following the landing, which included a nerve-wracking six-minute descent through the Martian atmosphere during which a high-speed parachute deployment and landing went off perfectly.