Vehicle Design for Mars Landing and Return to Mars Orbit [PDF]
This paper briefly describes three modes for accomplishing the Mars landing mission and compares them on a gross basis to indicate their probable order of merit and to identify design requirements placed on the Mars-excursion module (MEM) by the choice ...
Hammock, D. M., Jackson, B. G.
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Parametric Mass Modeling for Mars Entry, Descent and Landing System Analysis Study [PDF]
, 2011 Jamshid A. Samareh, David R. Komar
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Entry, Descent and Landing Systems Analysis Study: Phase 1 Report [PDF]
NASA senior management commissioned the Entry, Descent and Landing Systems Analysis (EDL-SA) Study in 2008 to identify and roadmap the Entry, Descent and Landing (EDL) technology investments that the agency needed to make in order to successfully land ...
Arnold, James O. +20 more
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On the use of a range trigger for the Mars Science Laboratory Entry, Descent, and Landing [PDF]
, 2011 David W. Way
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The 1990/1991 project summaries [PDF]
Four projects carried out in 1990-9l at the University of California, Los Angeles, under NASA/USRA sponsorship are summarized. One of the projects described is a mission design, the three others include the design and construction of space-related ...
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Precision Landing at Mars Using Discrete-Event Drag Modulation [PDF]
, 2013 Zachary R. Putnam, Robert D. Braun
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Independent Verification of Mars-GRAM 2010 with Mars Climate Sounder Data [PDF]
The Mars Global Reference Atmospheric Model (Mars-GRAM) is an engineering-level atmospheric model widely used for diverse mission and engineering applications.
Burns, Kerry L., Justh, Hilary L.
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Atmospheric Data System Sensor Placement Optimization for Mars Entry, Descent, and Landing [PDF]
, 2013 Soumyo Dutta +2 more
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Possibility of microscopic liquid water formation at landing sites on Mars and their observational potential [PDF]
, 2016 Bernadett Pál, Ákos Keresztúri
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Manned Mars Explorer project: Guidelines for a manned mission to the vicinity of Mars using Phobos as a staging outpost; schematic vehicle designs considering chemical and nuclear electric propulsion [PDF]
The Manned Mars Explorer (MME) project responds to the fundamental problems of sending human beings to Mars in a mission scenario and schematic vehicle designs.
Baxmann, C. J., Neubek, Deb, Nolan, Sean
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