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Development and Test Plans for the MSR EEVThe goal of the proposed Mars Sample Return mission is to bring samples from the surface of Mars back to Earth for thorough examination and analysis. The Earth Entry Vehicle is the passive entry body designed to protect the sample container from entry heating and deceleration loads during descent through the Earth s atmosphere to a recoverable location on the surface. This paper summarizes the entry vehicle design and outlines the subsystem development and testing currently planned in preparation for an entry vehicle flight test in 2010 and mission launch in 2013. Planned efforts are discussed for the areas of the thermal protection system, vehicle trajectory, aerodynamics and aerothermodynamics, impact energy absorption, structure and mechanisms, and the entry vehicle flight test.
Document ID
20070014635
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Dillman, Robert (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Laub, Bernard (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Kellas, Sotiris (General Dynamics Corp. Hampton, VA, United States)
Schoenenberger, Mark (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 23, 2013
Publication Date
April 1, 2005
Publication Information
Publication: 2nd International Planetary Probe Workshop
Subject Category
Space Sciences (General)
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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