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MER EDL: Overview and Reconstruction Status [PDF]
An overview and reconstruction of the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Entry Descent and Landing (EDL) is shown. The topics include: 1) Background; 2) MER Candidate Landing Sites; 3) MER Entry Heritage w/Viking & Mars Pathfinder; 4) MER EDL Animation; 5) MER
Desai, Prasun N., Lee, Wayne J.
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Chemical, multispectral, and textural constraints on the composition and origin of rocks at the Mars Pathfinder landing site [PDF]
, 1999 H. Y. McSween +19 more
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Mars landing mission: A structural approach [PDF]
A Mars landing mission in 2000 presents a structural challenge. Earlier studies have indicated that a Mars landing was then feasible using current structural techniques. Since these earlier studies, technology advances were made to enhance the capability.
Fuller, Stan
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Entry, Descent, and Landing Operations Analysis for the Mars Phoenix Lander [PDF]
, 2008 The Mars Phoenix lander was launched August 4, 2007 and remained in cruise for ten months before landing in the northern plains of Mars in May 2008.
Desai, Prasun N. +3 more
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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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Mars base buildup scenarios [PDF]
, 1985 Two Mars surface based build-up scenarios are presented in order to help visualize the mission and to serve as a basis for trade studies. In the first scenario, direct manned landings on the Martian surface occur early in the missions and scientific ...
Blacic, J. D.
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Mars Smart Lander Simulations for Entry, Descent, and Landing [PDF]
, 2002 Scott A. Striepe +3 more
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Mid Lift-to-Drag Ratio Rigid Vehicle 6-DoF Performance for Human Mars Entry, Descent, and Landing: A Fractional Polynomial Powered Descent Guidance Approach [PDF]
Defining a feasible vehicle design and mission architecture capable of reliably delivering apayload of 20 metric tons (mt) or more is a great challenge for landing humans on Mars.
Johnson, Breanna J. +2 more
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Meteorology of proposed Mars Exploration Rover landing sites [PDF]
, 2003 A. D. Toigo, M. I. Richardson
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