Water landing characteristics of conical shaped capsule employing after-reentry parachute for letdown to water landing; computations for rigid body were made from equations obtained by utilizing principle of conservation of momentum to determine accelerations for flight path of 90° and contact attitude of 0°.


    Access

    Access via TIB

    Check availability in my library


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Water-landing characteristics of reentry capsule


    Additional title:

    NASA -- Memo


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    1959


    Size :

    27 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :



    Landing characteristics of reentry capsule with torus-shaped air bag for load alleviation

    McGehee, J.R. / Hathaway, M.E. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1960


    Perpendicular landing system and method for manned spaceflight reentry capsule

    ZHAI JIBIN | European Patent Office | 2025

    Free access

    Landing of a Manned Reentry Capsule: the Ground Population Safety Aspects

    Magne, J. / Pianca, G. / International Astronautical Federation | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1994


    Reentry capsule dynamics

    Ericsson, L. E. / Reding, J. P. | NTRS | 1970