Effects of atmospheric phenomena on Mars Science Laboratory entry performance

AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Cianciolo, Alicia D ^a,c   Way, David W ^a,c   Powell, Richard W ^a,b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b MS 489 ^*

^c Analytical Mechanics Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA; DENSITY CHANGE; DESIGN METRICS; MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY; RANGE ERROR; SMALL DATA SET;

ASTROPHYSICS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; LANDFORMS; PARACHUTES;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 77952795575     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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