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Entry, Descent, and Sky-Crane Landing of the Mars Curiosity Rover

Adam D. SteltznerNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Chief Engineer, Mars 2020 & Curiosity EDL Lead, NASA JPL

1:36:06·2013·introductory level·Public Colloquium

Walks through the aerodynamic, supersonic parachute, radar-guided rocket descent, and sky-crane tether trade studies required to land a one-ton rover on Mars.

Engineering National Space Society ISDC Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL

Project Manager and Lead Engineer Adam Steltzner takes us through the years of work at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory culminating in the entry, decent and landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars, an event which has been immortalized in a video as the '7 Minutes of Terror'. At the National Space Society's 2013 International Space Development Conference in LaJolla, California.

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Adam D. Steltzner

Chief Engineer, Mars 2020 & Curiosity EDL Lead, NASA JPL

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