A return vehicle is disclosed for use in returning a crew to Earth from low earth orbit in a safe and relatively cost effective manner. The return vehicle comprises a cylindrically-shaped crew compartment attached to the large diameter of a conical heat sheild having a spherically rounded nose. On-board inertial navigation and cold gas control systems are used together with a de-orbit propulsion system to effect a landing near a preferred site on the surface of the Earth. State vectors and attitude data are loaded from the attached orbiting craft just prior to separation of the return vehicle.


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    Titel :

    Assured Crew Return Vehicle


    Beteiligte:
    C. J. Cerimele (Autor:in) / R. C. Ried (Autor:in) / W. L. Peterson (Autor:in) / G. A. Zupp (Autor:in) / M. J. Stagnaro (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1989


    Format / Umfang :

    87 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




    Assured Crew Return Vehicle

    Stone, D. A. / Craig, J. W. / Drone, B. et al. | NTRS | 1991


    Assured crew return vehicle

    Cerimele, Christopher J. / Ried, Robert C. / Peterson, Wayne L. et al. | NTRS | 1991