The technology applying of inflatable devices to access adaptation, movement and landing descent vehicle from Martian environment to the Earth conditions

At present, the idea has emerged to use special inflatable braking device (IBD) which permits to implement the landing vehicle (LV) “soft” landing on the planet’s surface without a parachute system. Braking device (BD) unfolds still at the extra-atmospheric flight stage to provide the LV passive sta...

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Main Authors: Koryanov, Vsevolod V., Kazakovtsev, Victor P.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Atmospheric flight
Braking
Descent
Mars environment
Mars landing
Parachutes
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Summary:At present, the idea has emerged to use special inflatable braking device (IBD) which permits to implement the landing vehicle (LV) “soft” landing on the planet’s surface without a parachute system. Braking device (BD) unfolds still at the extra-atmospheric flight stage to provide the LV passive stabilisation, and the entire apparatus together with the braking device is twisted around its longitudinal axis. The advantage of an inflatable BD over traditional non-rigid brakes - parachutes is that it can be used at the atmospheric stage of the descent, starting from hypersonic speeds, and ending subsonic ones. These main theses are implemented in the project MetNet and its sequel project RITD, using Entry, Descent and Landing System (EDLS) system [1].
ISSN:0094-243X
1551-7616
DOI:10.1063/1.4989955