Navigation flight operations for Mars pathfinder

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 643-662

  Vaughan, Robin M ^a   Kallemeyn Jr , Pieter H ^a   Spencer, David A ^a   Braun, Robert D ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0347024436     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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