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Aerospace, 2022 The trim flap is an aerodynamic control surface capable of allowing Mars entry vehicles to improve landing performance during the most dangerous entry, descent, and landing (EDL) phase.
Xinli Li +6 more
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Entry, Descent, and Landing of China’s Tianwen-1 Mars Mission
Space: Science & Technology, 2022 Zezhou Sun, Wei Rao
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Flight Experiment Validation of Altitude Measurement Performance of MOSIR on Tianwen-1 Orbiter
Remote Sensing, 2021 The MOSIR (Mars Orbiter Subsurface Investigation Radar) is one of the scientific payloads carried by the Tianwen-1 orbiter. MOSIR conducted a ground experiment in the desert near Dengkou County, northern China, before the launch of the Tianwen-1 ...
Tiansheng Hong +11 more
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The Global Search for Liquid Water on Mars from Orbit: Current and Future Perspectives [PDF]
, 2020 Due to its significance in astrobiology, assessing the amount and state of liquid water present on Mars today has become one of the drivers of its exploration.
Ding, Chunyu +11 more
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Calibration of Mars Energetic Particle Analyzer (MEPA)
Earth and Planetary Physics, 2020 The first Mars exploration mission of China (Tianwen-1) is scheduled to be launched in 2020; a charged particle telescope, the Mars Energetic Particle Analyzer (MEPA), is carried as one of the payloads on the orbiter.
ShuWen Tang +16 more
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A sample return mission to Ceres [PDF]
, 2022 The goal of Project GAUSS (Genesis of Asteroids and evolUtion of the Solar System) is to return samples from the dwarf planet Ceres. Ceres is the most accessible candidate of ocean worlds and the largest reservoir of water in the inner Solar System.
Castillo-Rogez, Julie +9 more
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Earth and Planetary Physics, 2023 China’s first Mars exploration mission, Tianwen-1, successfully landed in southern Utopia Planitia on Mars on May 15, 2021. This work presents a detailed investigation of the geologic context of the landing area surface for this mission based on orbital ...
Hai Huang +12 more
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The Analysis of Cones within the Tianwen-1 Landing Area
Remote Sensing, 2022 On 15 May 2021, the Zhurong rover of China’s first Mars mission, Tianwen-1 (TW-1), successfully landed in southern Utopia Planitia on Mars. Various landforms were present in the landing area, and this area recorded a complex geological history. Cones are one of the typical landforms in the landing area and Utopia Planitia, and they have a great ...
Hai Huang +7 more
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Tianwen-1 Mars entry vehicle trajectory and atmosphere reconstruction preliminary analysis [PDF]
Astrodynamics, 2022 AbstractThe Tianwen-1 Mars entry vehicle successfully landed on the surface of Mars in southern Utopia Planitia on May 15, 2021, at 7:18 (UTC+8). To acquire valuable Martian flight data, a scientific instrumentation package consisting of a flush air data system and a multilayer temperature-sensing system was installed aboard the entry vehicle.
Haogong Wei +6 more
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Remote Sensing, 2021 The first Mars exploration mission from China (Tianwen-1) was launched on 23 July 2020 with the goal of “orbiting, landing, and roving”. The occurrence of dust storm activities is an important criterion of assessing atmospheric risk for the Tianwen-1 ...
Shaojie Qu +7 more
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