Mars Science Laboratory Entry, Descent, and Landing system overview

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Prakash, Ravi ^a   Burkhart, P Dan ^a   Chen, Allen ^a   Comeaux, Keith A ^a   Guernsey, Carl S ^a   Kipp, Devin M ^a   Lorenzoni, Leila V ^a   Mendeck, Gavin F ^b   Powell, Richard W ^c   Rivellini, Tommaso P ^a   Martin, A Miguel San ^a   Sell, Steven W ^a   Steltzner, Adam D ^a   Way, David W ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN CHALLENGES; ENTRY , DESCENT , AND LANDING; MARS EXPLORATION ROVER MISSIONS; MARS LANDERS; MARS PATHFINDER; MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY; MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY MISSION; PRECISION LANDING; STRINGENT REQUIREMENT; SURFACE OF MARS;

LANDING; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; SPACECRAFT LANDING;

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT;

EID: 49349105936     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2008.4526283     Document Type: Conference Paper

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