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Entry vehicle control system design for the Tianwen-1 mission [PDF]
Astrodynamics, 2022 AbstractThe entry vehicle for the Tianwen-1 mission successfully landed on the surface of Mars at 7:18 AM BJT on May 15, 2021. This successful landing made China the first country to orbit, land, and release a rover in their first attempt at the Mars exploration.
Jinchang Hu +7 more
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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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The Tianwen-1 Guidance, Navigation, and Control for Mars Entry, Descent, and Landing
Space: Science & Technology, 2021 Tianwen-1, the first mission of China’s planetary exploration program, accomplished its goals of orbiting, landing, and roving on the Mars. The entry, descent, and landing (EDL) phase directly determines the success of the entire mission, of which the ...
Xiangyu Huang +10 more
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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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Remote Sensing, 2021 China’s first Mars exploration mission (Tianwen-1) landed on the southern part of Mars’ Utopia Planitia on 15 May 2021. The Zhurong rover will focus on high-resolution and in situ observations of key areas on the surface of Mars.
Yi Wang +6 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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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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