The Viking mission to place an instrumented lander on Mars in 1976 includes an aerodynamic decelerator as part of the landing sequence. Development of the decelerator, a single-stage mortared disk-gap-band parachute, began in 1965 for the Voyager project and culminated in the flight qualification of the decelerator system for the Viking mission in 1972. This paper summarizes the research, development, and qualification effort. The special operating conditions and the constraints imposed by the Viking mission and the Mars atmosphere, their effects on the decelerator system, and the solution of the resulting technical problems are briefly described.
The Viking decelerator system - An overview.
Aerodynamic Deceleration Systems Conference ; 1973 ; Palm Springs, CA
1973-05-01
Conference paper
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English
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