Mars entry, descent, and landing instrumentation 2 trajectory, aerodynamics, and atmosphere reconstruction

CD Karlgaard, M Schoenenberger, S Dutta… - Journal of Spacecraft …, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
On February 18th, 2021, the Mars 2020 entry system successfully delivered the
Perseverance rover to the surface of Mars at Jezero Crater. The entry capsule carried a set …

ExoMars Atmospheric Mars Entry and Landing Investigations and Analysis (AMELIA)

F Ferri, Ö Karatekin, SR Lewis, F Forget… - Space Science …, 2019 - Springer
The entry, descent and landing of Schiaparelli, the ExoMars Entry, descent and landing
Demonstrator Module (EDM), offered a rare (once-per-mission) opportunity for in situ …

Mars entry instrumentation flight data and mars 2020 entry environments

TR White, M Mahzari, RA Miller, CY Tang… - AIAA SciTech 2022 …, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2022-0011. vid On February 18th, 2021,
the Mars 2020 entry vehicle delivered the Perseverance rover to the surface of Mars. The …

Mars 2020 entry, descent, and landing instrumentation (MEDLI2)

H Hwang, D Bose, H Wright, TR White… - 46th AIAA …, 2016 - arc.aiaa.org
Abstract The Mars Entry Descent and Landing Instrumentation 2 (MEDLI2) sensor suite will
measure aerodynamic, aerothermodynamic, and TPS performance during the atmospheric …

Temperature dependent performance of Schmidt–Boelter heat flux sensors

RA Miller, HS Alpert - Review of Scientific Instruments, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The total heat flux sensors for NASA's Mars Entry, Descent, and Landing Instrumentation 2
(MEDLI2) sensor suite on the Mars 2020 vehicle and the Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an …

Tianwen-1 Mars entry vehicle trajectory and atmosphere reconstruction preliminary analysis

H Wei, W Rao, G Chen, G Wang, X Zou, Q Li, Y Hu - Astrodynamics, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The Tianwen-1 Mars entry vehicle successfully landed on the surface of Mars in
southern Utopia Planitia on May 15, 2021, at 7: 18 (UTC+ 8). To acquire valuable Martian …

Base Drag Model Derived from Mars 2020 Backshell Pressure Measurements

CD Karlgaard, M Schoenenberger… - Journal of Spacecraft …, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
SINCE the Viking program [1], all NASA 70 deg sphere–cone Mars entry capsules [2–8]
have made use of a base pressure correction for the axial force coefficient. This base …

Coupled inertial navigation and flush air data sensing algorithm for atmosphere estimation

CD Karlgaard, P Kutty… - Journal of Spacecraft and …, 2017 - arc.aiaa.org
This paper describes an algorithm for atmospheric state estimation based on a coupling
between inertial navigation and flush air data-sensing pressure measurements. The …

Data Fusion of In-Flight Aerothermodynamic Heating Measurements Using Kalman Filtering

CD Karlgaard, TD Stoffel, T White… - AIAA AVIATION 2022 …, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2022-3794. vid On February 18th, 2021,
the Mars 2020 entry system successfully delivered the Perseverance rover to the surface of …

Ablation simulation of integral woven gradient three‐dimensional thermal protection structures for planetary exploration

T Wang, W Li, M Zhu, H Liang, Z Zhang… - Polymer …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
For the harsh entry environment and higher thermal protection requirements, two structures
of three‐dimensional woven gradient thermal protection materials were designed and …