Planetary Landers and Entry Probes

Name: Planetary Landers and Entry Probes
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ISBN: 9780521820028

ISBN-10: 0521820022

ISBN-13: 9780521820028

Edition: 2007

Authors: Andrew Ball, Ralph Lorenz, Viktor Kerzhanovich, James Garry

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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 such vehicles which are not usually treated in traditional spacecraft engineering texts. Examples are drawn from over thirty different lander and entry probe designs that have been used for lunar and planetary missions since the early 1960s. The authors provide detailed illustrations of many vehicle designs from different international space programs, and give basic information on their missions and payloads, irrespective of the mission's…

Book details

List price: $214.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 5/10/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 362
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgements



Engineering Issues Specific to Entry Probes, Landers or Penetrators



Mission goals and system engineering



Accomodation, launch, cruise and arrival from orbit or interplanetary trajectory



Entering atmospheres



Descent through an atmosphere



Descent to an airless body



Planetary balloons, aircraft, submarines and cryobots



Arrival at a surface



Thermal control of landers and entry probes



Power systems



Communication and tracking of entry probes



Radiation environment



Surface activities: arms, drills, moles and mobility



Structures



Contamination of spacecraft and planets



Previous Atmosphere/Surface Vehicles and Their Payloads



Destructive impact probes



Atmospheric entry probes



Pod landers



Legged landers



Payload delivery penetrators



Small body surface missions



'Case Studies'



Surveyor landers



Galileo probe



Huygens



Mars Pathfinder and Sojourner



Deep Space 2 Mars microprobes



Rosetta lander Philae



Mars exploration rovers: Spirit and Opportunity


Appendix: Some key parameters for bodies in the Solar System


List of acronyms


Bibliography


References


Index