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Qualifying Spirit and Opportunity to Martian Landing Loads with Centrifuge TestingThis viewgraph presentation reviews the drop test used to test the Mars lander. The objective of the test was to demonstrate the structural and functional integrity of the development test Model (DTM). Rover Basepetal when subjected to the landing event. The test module was instrumented with accelerometers to measure the kinematic response of the test article during impact.
Document ID
20080018459
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
External Source(s)
hdl:2014/40734
Authors
Coleman, Michelle R. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Davis, Greg (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
June 22, 2004
Subject Category
Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance
Meeting Information
Meeting: Spacecraft and Launch Vehicle Dynamic Environments Workshop
Location: El Segundo, CA
Country: United States
Start Date: June 22, 2004
End Date: June 24, 2004
Sponsors: Aerospace Corp.
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
Spirit
centrifuge
landing loads
Opportunity
testing

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