Entry configurations and performance comparisons for the Mars Smart Lander

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 258-269

  Lockwood, Mary Kae ^a,e,f   Powell, Richard W ^a,f,g   Sutton, Kenneth ^b,f   Prabhu, Ramadas K ^c,h   Graves, Claude A ^d,f,i   Epp, Chirold D ^d,f,i   Carman, Gilbert L ^d,j  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE   (United States)

^c SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

^d NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^e Exploration Systems Engineering Branch   (United States)

^f AIAA   (United States)

^g Exploration Systems Engineering Branch

^h LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

ⁱ Explorations Systems Engineering Division

^j Flight Design and Dynamics Division   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; PARACHUTES; PLANETARY LANDERS; SPACECRAFT LANDING;

AERODYNAMIC LIFTS; MARS ORBITER LASER ALTIMETER GEOID; MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY; MARS SMART LANDER;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 33646691258     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.20677     Document Type: Article

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