Tag: EDL
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Bally Ribbon Mills Bringing Decades of Experience to New NASA Partnership
Private contractors are a crucial part of America’s space program. NASA has been partnering with industry since the beginning of the agency, and today, these partnerships range from launch services to research and development. A recent set of research and development partnerships announced by NASA included many familiar names. But there were also several small…
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Schiaparelli landing data to aid ExoMars 2020 rover
While the final result was not as intended, data from the European Space Agency’s Schiaparelli lander, which failed to make a successful soft landing on the surface of Mars last week, will live on in the form of the ExoMars 2020 rover, which will use data from Schiaparelli to upgrade and enhance its landing technology…
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ExoMars completes crucial orbit insertion, hope lost for lander
After a seven month cruise between worlds, ESA and Russia’s Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) and the Italian Space Agency’s Schiaparelli lander arrived for their crucial orbit insertion burn (TGO) and landing (Schiaparelli) on Mars. Schiaparelli’s trip to the surface gained a large amount of data, but suffered a crash landing. However, TGO’s Mars Orbit Insertion was…
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NASA favors propulsive Mars landings over supersonic parachutes
NASA’s Human Architecture Team (HAT) has opted to remove supersonic parachutes as an option for landing “human-scale hardware” on the surface of Mars. The decision will result in all forward planning involving a mix of supersonic retro propulsion in combination with deployable, inflatable, and rigid aeroshells for missions to the Red Planet. Landing On Mars: NASA…
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Curiosity EDL data to provide 2020 Mars Rover with super landing skills
Lessons learned from the impressive Entry Descent and Landing (EDL) of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) are set to provide the next NASA Rover with improved landing skills. Although the 2020 Mars Rover will have a similar appearance to Curiosity, she will sport new scientific payloads and additional capabilities – not least the potential to…