The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) sent a mission to the martian surface, called Mars Pathfinder. The mission payload consisted of a lander and a rover. The primary purpose of the mission was demonstrating a novel entry, descent, and landing method that included a heat shield, a parachute, rockets, and a cocoon of giant air bags. Once on the surface, the spacecraft returned temperature measurements near the Martian surface, atmosphere pressure, wind speed measurements, and images from the lander and rover. The rover obtained 16 elemental measurements of rocks and soils, performed soil-mechanics, atmospheric sedimentation measurements, and soil abrasiveness measurements.


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    Title :

    Mars Pathfinder Wheel Abrasion Experiment Ground Test


    Contributors:
    T. G. Keith (author) / M. W. Siebert (author)

    Publication date :

    1998


    Size :

    43 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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