Overview of planetary landers for professionals, academic researchers and graduate students in planetary science, aerospace engineering and space mission development.
Overview of planetary landers for professionals, academic researchers and graduate students in planetary science, aerospace engineering and space mission development.
Andrew Ball is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Planetary and Space Sciences Research Institute at The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK. He is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. He has twelve years of experience on European planetary missions including Rosetta and Huygens. James Garry is a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at the Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, The Netherlands, and a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. He has worked on ESA planetary missions for over ten years and has illustrated several space-related books. Ralph Lorenz is an Assistant Research Scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, USA. He is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and the British Interplanetary Society. He has 15 years of experience in NASA and ESA spaceflight projects and has authored several space books. Viktor Kerzhanovich is a Principal Member of Technical Staff of the Mobility and Robotic Systems Section of the Autonomous Systems Division, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA. He was a participant of all Soviet planetary Venus and Mars entry probes.
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Preface Acknowledgements Part I. Engineering Issues Specific to Entry Probes, Landers or Penetrators: 1. Mission goals and system engineering 2. Accommodation, launch, cruise and arrival from orbit or interplanetary trajectory 3. Entering atmospheres 4. Descent through an atmosphere 5. Descent to an airless body 6. Planetary balloons, aircraft, submarines and cryobots 7. Arrival at a surface 8. Thermal control of landers and entry probes 9. Power systems 10. Communication and tracking of entry probes 11. Radiation environment 12. Surface activities: arms, drills, moles and mobility 13. Structures 14. Contamination of spacecraft and planets Part II. Previous Atmosphere/Surface Vehicles and Their Payloads: 15. Destructive impact probes 16. Atmospheric entry probes 17. Pod landers 18. Legged landers 19. Payload delivery penetrators 20. Small body surface missions Part III. 'Case Studies': 21. Surveyor landers 22. Galileo probe 23. Huygens 24. Mars Pathfinder and Sojourner 25. Deep Space 2 Mars microprobes 26. Rosetta lander Philae 27. Mars exploration rovers: Spirit and Opportunity Appendix: Some key parameters for bodies in the Solar System List of acronyms Bibliography References Index.
Preface Acknowledgements Part I. Engineering Issues Specific to Entry Probes, Landers or Penetrators: 1. Mission goals and system engineering 2. Accommodation, launch, cruise and arrival from orbit or interplanetary trajectory 3. Entering atmospheres 4. Descent through an atmosphere 5. Descent to an airless body 6. Planetary balloons, aircraft, submarines and cryobots 7. Arrival at a surface 8. Thermal control of landers and entry probes 9. Power systems 10. Communication and tracking of entry probes 11. Radiation environment 12. Surface activities: arms, drills, moles and mobility 13. Structures 14. Contamination of spacecraft and planets Part II. Previous Atmosphere/Surface Vehicles and Their Payloads: 15. Destructive impact probes 16. Atmospheric entry probes 17. Pod landers 18. Legged landers 19. Payload delivery penetrators 20. Small body surface missions Part III. 'Case Studies': 21. Surveyor landers 22. Galileo probe 23. Huygens 24. Mars Pathfinder and Sojourner 25. Deep Space 2 Mars microprobes 26. Rosetta lander Philae 27. Mars exploration rovers: Spirit and Opportunity Appendix: Some key parameters for bodies in the Solar System List of acronyms Bibliography References Index.
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