Aeroshell
the aeroshell clad lander Don Davis artist Don Davis . An aeroshell is a rigid heat shield ed shell ... title Lockheed Martin To Design Mars Science Lab Aeroshell url http www.marsdaily.com reports Lockheed ..
General Purpose Heat Source
pellets are encased within nested layers of carbon based material and placed within an aeroshell ..
Science Realm
boost stage, aeroshell, guidance or propellant to any terrestrial destination Pop up and deliver ... Pop up and deliver 7 to 9 klbs of mission assets does not include boost stage, aeroshell ..
Deep Space 2
Space 2 probes were also the first landers to use only an aeroshell, lacking parachute s or rocket s to reduce ... aeroshell . They rode to Mars aboard another spacecraft, the Mars Polar Lander . Upon arrival just ..
Viking 1
17 , 1980 after 1485 orbits. Lander The lander and its aeroshell separated from the orbiter on July 20 08 51 UT. At the time of separation, the lander was orbiting at about 4 km s. The aeroshell ..
Viking 2
706 orbits around Mars. Lander The lander and its aeroshell separated from the orbiter on 3 September ... for entry. The aeroshell with its ablative heat shield slowed the craft as it plunged ..
Viking program
atmospheric entry with an aeroshell heatshield designed to slow the lander down during the entry ... precaution, each lander, upon assembly and enclosure within the aeroshell, were baked at a temperature ..
McDonnell Douglas DC-X
of the DC X started in 1991 at McDonnell Douglas Huntington Beach facility. The aeroshell was custom .... On the last flight a hard landing cracked the aeroshell. By this point funding for the program had ..
Aerobot
enters the planetary atmosphere in an aeroshell , a heat shield in the shape of a flattened cone. After aerobraking atmospheric entry , a parachute will extract the balloon assembly from the aeroshell ..
Mars Exploration Rover
Mars Rover Aeroshell.jpg thumb right Overview of the Mars Exploration Rover aeroshell. The Mars ... panels toward Sun. Aeroshell The aeroshell formed a protective covering for the lander during ..
Mars Polar Lander
, a 140  kg aeroshell heatshield, and the two 3.5  kg microprobes. A thermally regulated ... to the cruise stage and enclosed in the 2.4  m diameter aeroshell. The spacecraft was three ..
Lander (spacecraft)
were based on the Luna 9 lander, required the use of an aeroshell like heat shield during atmospheric ..
Mars Science Laboratory
used on Mars. The rover is folded up within an aeroshell which protects it during the travel through ... by the aeroshell to fly out any detected error in range and thereby arrive at the targeted landing ..
Pioneer Venus project
also consisted of spherical pressure vessels surrounded by an aeroshell, but unlike the large ..
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
for the associated museum EAA AirVenture Museum Image EAA AirVenture 2004.jpg thumb 300px right The Aeroshell Aerobatic team performs at EAA AirVenture EAA AirVenture Oshkosh formerly The EAA Annual Convention ..
Alaska Airlines Flight 261
of the aircraft manufacturer Boeing of Aeroshell 33 grease instead of the previously approved lubricant, Mobilgrease 28. The use of Aeroshell 33 was found not be a factor in this accident ..
Skylab
station. His design replaced the S IVB stage of a complete Saturn V with an aeroshell, primarily ..
Scaled Composites
1989 DC X Constructed the structural aeroshell and control surfaces under contract to McDonnell ..
Mars 96
Surface Station was contained in an aeroshell about 1 meter high and about 1 meter in diameter. Each ..
Plutonium in the environment
blocks is an aeroshell, designed to protect the entire assembly against the heat of reentering ..