At 3:17 a.m. in Pasadena, the mission control room looked like a strange mix of a casino and a monastery. Screens glowed blue, coffee cups trembled in tired hands, and every eye was pinned to a countdown that… refused to cooperate. The landing signal from the Mars lander was “late” by a few precious microseconds. … Continue reading Albert Einstein predicted it and Mars has now confirmed it: time flows differently on the Red Planet, forcing future missions to adapt