Aerodynamic challenges for the Mars Science Laboratory entry, decent and landing

41st AIAA Thermophysics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Schoenenberger, Mark ^a,b   Dyakonov, Artem ^a,b   Buning, Pieter ^a,c   ScallionScallion, William ^b,d   Van Norman, John ^b,c  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b ANALYTICAL MECHANICS ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c Atmospheric Flight and Entry Systems Branch   (United States)

^d Aerothermodynamics Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC INTERACTIONS; ANALYSIS AND TESTING; ENTRY VEHICLES; FLIGHT ENVELOPE; GAS CHEMISTRY; LANDING ACCURACY; LIFT-TO-DRAG RATIO; MARS MISSIONS; MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY; MECHANICAL DESIGN; PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS; PROPER MODELING; REACTION CONTROL SYSTEM; ROLL TORQUE; SIX DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM; TRAJECTORY SIMULATION; UNCERTAINTY MODELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; FLIGHT ENVELOPES; GAS DYNAMICS; LANDING; LIFT DRAG RATIO; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; SPHERES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77958490394     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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