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Planetary Landers and Entry Probes Book

Planetary Landers and Entry Probes
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  • Planetary Landers and Entry Probes
  • Written by author Andrew Ball
  • Published by Cambridge University Press, February 2010
  • This book provides a concise but broad overview of the engineering, science and flight history of planetary landers and atmospheric entry probes designed to explore the atmospheres and surfaces of other planets. It covers engineering aspects specific to s
  • Overview of planetary landers for professionals, academic researchers and graduate students in planetary science, aerospace engineering and space mission development.
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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.


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