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NASA Mars Ascent Vehicle Continues Progress Toward Mars Sample Return

NASA’s Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV) recently reached some major milestones in support of the Mars Sample Return program. The Mars Ascent Vehicle would be the first launch of a rocket from the ...
Nature

Mars Entry Vehicle Aerothermodynamics

Mars entry vehicle aerothermodynamics encapsulates the study of fluid dynamic and thermal phenomena encountered when a spacecraft penetrates the thin, predominantly CO₂ atmosphere of Mars. This ...
SpaceRef

Historic Wind Tunnel Facility Testing NASA’s Mars Ascent Vehicle Rocket

A scale model of the Mars Ascent Vehicle is loaded by Wind Tunnel Test Engineer Sam Schmitz into the trisonic wind tunnel at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center for testing. The 14-by-14-inch ...
SpaceNews

Designing The Aerodynamic Configuration For China’s Mars Ascent Vehicles

According to the white paper, China’s Space Activities in 2016, the Mars sample return mission represents one of the main tasks to be implemented in China’s deep space exploration field in the next ...
The Conversation

Nasa’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity has ended its mission – its success paves the way for more flying vehicles on other planets and moons

It is difficult to emphasise the significance of the milestone surpassed by Nasa’s Mars helicopter, Ingenuity. The little (1.8kg) helicopter touched down with the Perseverance rover in 2021. On 25 ...