Ballute entry systems for lunar return and low-earth-orbit return missions

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 619-630

  Clark, Ian G ^a,b,c   Braun, Robert D ^a,b,c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering

^c AIAA ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; LUNAR MISSIONS; SPACE STATIONS;

CREW EXPLORATION VEHICLES; EXISTING SYSTEMS; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONS; LOW EARTH ORBITS; MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS; TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT; THERMAL LIMITATIONS; THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM;

ORBITS;

EID: 44949203548     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.31612     Document Type: Conference Paper

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