Moog Products Ensure Successful Landing of Mars Rover

East Aurora, NY (Feb 18, 2021) - Moog Inc. (NYSE: MOG.A and MOG.B) announced today that the company's space products played a critical role in the successful landing of NASA's Perseverance Rover on Mars. Perseverance is NASA's latest mission to explore Mars and builds on the success of the 2012 Mars Curiosity Rover Mission.

The Moog team designed, built, and tested several components essential to the mission. During the final descent, Moog throttle valve assemblies controlled the entry spacecraft's engines. The spacecraft entered the atmosphere at 12,500 miles per hour, stabilized, and lowered the Perseverance Rover until it successfully touched down in the Jezero Crater at approximately 4:00 p.m. ET today.