Title :
Development of advanced entry, descent, and landing technologies for future Mars missions
Author :
Chu, Cheng-Chih Chester
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA
Abstract :
Future Mars missions may need the capability to land much closer to a desired target and/or advanced methods of detecting, avoiding, or tolerating landing hazards. Therefore, technologies that enable "pinpoint landing" (within tens of meters to 1 km of a target site) will be crucial to meet future mission requirements. As part of NASA Research Announcement, NRA 03-OSS-01, NASA solicited proposals for technology development needs of missions to be launched to Mars during or after the 2009 launch opportunity. Six technology areas were identified as of high priority including advanced entry, descent, and landing (EDL) technologies. In May 2004, 11 proposals with PIs from universities, industries, and NASA centers, were awarded in the area of advanced EDL by NASA for further study and development. This paper presents an overview of these developing technologies
Keywords :
Mars; planetary rovers; planetary surfaces; space vehicles; AD 2004 05; AD 2009; Mars missions; NASA Research Announcement; NRA 03-OSS-01; pinpoint landing; Hazards; Mars; NASA; Paper technology; Phase detection; Proposals; Radar detection; Radio navigation; Software algorithms; Space technology;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace Conference, 2006 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Big Sky, MT
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9545-X
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.2006.1655784
