Penetration tests on the DS-2 Mars microprobes: Penetration depth and impact accelerometry

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 419-436

  Lorenz, Ralph D ^a   Moersch, Jeffrey E ^b   Stone, J Andy ^c   Morgan Jr , A Ron ^c   Smrekar, Suzanne E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0001062016     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(00)00016-7     Document Type: Article

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