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Mars Exploration Rover Parachute Decelerator System Program Overview
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Witkowski, Allen |
| Copyright Year | 2004 |
| Abstract | In the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Mission, NASA returns to the red planet, following the extremely successful Mars Pathfinder in 1997The mission will send two lander-rovers to the surface of Mars with separate launches in May and June, 2003. This paper describes the Parachute Decelerator System for the entry vehicle. A Disk-Gap-Band parachute will be deployed at approximately 10 km altitude and Mach 2. Key considerations leading to the selection and design of the parachute and Mortar Deployment Subsystem are described. The paper also includes brief descriptions of developed hardware and significant testing conducted to validate and qualify the system. References to other papers that describe various aspects in more detail are provided. Major technical challenges were overcome and are briefly described. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://trs.jpl.nasa.gov/bitstream/handle/2014/7073/03-0658.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=1 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
