The Mars Exploration Rover Project was an ambitious effort to land two highly capable rovers on Mars and concurrently explore the Martian surface for three months each. Launched in June and July of 2003, cruise operations were conducted through January 4, 2004 with the first landing, followed by the second landing on January 25. The prime mission for the second rover ended on April 27, 2004. This paper will provide an overview of the launch, cruise, and landing phases of the mission, including the engineering and science objectives and challenges involved in the selection and targeting of the landing sites, as well as the excitement and challenges of atmospheric entry, descent and landing execution.


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    Titel :

    Mars Exploration Rover: Launch, Cruise, Entry, Descent, and Landing


    Beteiligte:
    Erickson, James K. (Autor:in) / Manning, Robert M. (Autor:in) / Adler, M. (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    55th International Astronautical Congress ; 2004 ; Vancouver, Canada


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2004-10-04


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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