AIAA SPACE and Astronautics Forum and Exposition 2017
DOI: 10.2514/6.2017-5292
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Advancing Supersonic Retropropulsion Using Mars-Relevant Flight Data: An Overview

Abstract: Advanced robotic and human missions to Mars require landed masses well in excess of current capabilities. One approach to safely land these large payloads on the Martian surface is to extend the propulsive capability currently required during subsonic descent to supersonic initiation velocities. However, until recently, no rocket engine had ever been fired into an opposing supersonic freestream. In September 2013, SpaceX performed the first supersonic retropropulsion (SRP) maneuver to decelerate the entry of t… Show more

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