This bibliography covers the design, testing, and performance of parachutes and parachute systems for space applications. The dynamics and aerodynamics of parachutes for manned and unmanned spacecraft and reentry vehicles are considered, along with those for space shuttle booster recovery. Parachute descent in planetary atmospheres is covered prominently. Some attention is given to psychological stress associated with parachute descent from space flight and to optimal parachute descent trajectories. (Contains 81 citations fully indexed and including a title list.)
Parachutes and Parachute Systems in Space Applications. January, 1972-August, 1981 (Citations from the International Aerospace Abstracts Data Base)
1981
90 pages
Report
No indication
English
Space Technology , Parachutes & Decelerators , Bibliographies , Parachutes , Parachute descent , Spacecraft , Reentry vehicles , Escape capsules , Recoverable spacecraft , Spacecraft landing , Planetary landing , Spacecraft recovery , Terminal trajectories , Descent trajectories , Reentry trajectories