Entry, descent, and landing operations analysis for the genesis re-entry capsule

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 120, Issue I, 2005, Pages 283-295

  Desai, Prasun N ^a,c,d   Lyons, Dan T ^b,d,e  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Systems Engineering Directorate   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

^e Inner Planet Flight Dynamics Section   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANDING OPERATIONS; PREENTRY PREDICTION; SOLAR WIND PARTICLES;

SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACECRAFT LANDING; TRAJECTORIES;

REENTRY;

EID: 26944503810     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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