Mars pathfinder six-degree-of-freedom entry analysis

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 993-1000

  Braun, Robert D ^a   Powell, Richard W ^a   Engelund, Walter C ^a   Gnoffo, Peter A ^a   Weilmuenster, K James ^a   Mitcheltree, Robert A ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC HEATING; AERODYNAMICS; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARACHUTES; PLANETS; SPACECRAFT LANDING; TRAJECTORIES;

AERODYNAMIC STABILITY; ENTRY VEHICLE; MARS (PLANET); MARS PATHFINDER; PARACHUTE DEPLOYMENT; VEHICLE FLYABILITY;

PLANETARY LANDERS;

EID: 0029407167     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.26720     Document Type: Article

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