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Developing a flight strategy to land heavier vehicles on Mars

Posted on February 12, 2019 by rburnham

The heaviest vehicle to successfully land on Mars is the Curiosity Rover at 1 metric ton, about 2,200 pounds. Sending more ambitious robotic missions to the surface of Mars, and eventually humans, will require landed payload masses in the 5- … Continue reading →

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