Retropropulsion, initiated at supersonic conditions, provides both deceleration and control authority as an enabling capability for the delivery of human-scale payloads to the surface of Mars. There are no other presently viable approaches to the descent phase of flight for vehicles of such scales. NASA continues to dedicate investment in the maturation of powered descent in atmospheric environments, for the express application to large-scale entry, descent, and landing systems. Efforts focus on parametric, subscale, inert gas ground testing, rigorous validation of computational modeling approaches against these data, and the implementation of highly efficient, scalable simulation tools. This paper summarizes the current maturity of retropropulsion in a free-flight, atmospheric environment for vehicles with significant aerodynamic surface area, as well as the current status of efforts within NASA for ground testing, computational simulation, and flight testing.


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    Title :

    Development Status of Powered Descent for High-Mass Mars Entry, Descent, and Landing Systems


    Contributors:
    A. Korzun (author) / K. Edquist (author)

    Publication date :

    2022


    Size :

    9 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English