Landing Sequence of the Curiosity Mars Rover

Landing Sequence of the Curiosity Mars Rover In order to land the Mars rover, NASA developed a new, never before used technology known as the "Sky Crane" Cruise stage separation Curiosity Mars Rover 1016 sec. Cruise balance devices separation 11/26/2011 LAUNCH Entry into the atmosphere 896 sec. 08/06/2012 LANDING ON MARS >686 DAYS 416 sec. 5900 m/s EXPECTED LENGTH OF THE MISSION Peak heating MAP OF LANDINGS OF U.S. VEHICLES ON MARS Main objective: To determine whether Mars was ever habitable Phoenix Viking 2 Viking 1 Pathfinder Peak deceleration Opportunity Curiosity Spirit Hypersonic aero-maneuvering Parachute deploy 162 sec. 405 m/s Heat shield separation 138 sec. 125 m/s Back shell Radar data TIME UNTIL SPEED ........ separation collection LANDING, OF THE MODULE, SECONDS METERS/SECOND 0... Powered descent Start of descent Landing Crane flyaway Engaging of the Sky Crane, separation of the rover from the Sky Crane 80 sec. 52 m/s O sec. 0.75 m/s 16 sec. 0.75 m/s ORIANOVOSTI © 2012 ww.RIA.RU