Mars Microprobe entry-to-impact analysis

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 412-420

  Braun, Robert D ^a   Mitcheltree, Robert A ^a   Cheatwood, F McNeil ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FLIGHT DYNAMICS; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; SPACE PROBES; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ENTRY-TO-IMPACT ANALYSIS; MARS MICROPOBES;

PLANETARY LANDERS;

EID: 0032648440     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3461     Document Type: Article

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