mars

  1. Graham1973

    Viking 4 - Mars Surface Sample Return

    1974 proposal by Martin-Marietta to modify the Viking lander to allow a Mars surface sample to returned in the early 1980s. http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19740022177_1974022177.pdf http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19750006729_1975006729.pdf...
  2. magnus_z

    Viking lander with ELMS (Viking C, Viking 3, Viking III)

    Viking 3 lander with ELMS http://spacescience.spaceref.com/newhome/headlines/msad28apr98_1b.htm
  3. Graham1973

    Between Voyager & Viking

    After the cancellation of Voyager(Mars) in 1967 NASA started up a new series of studies to come up with a spacecraft for the 1973 launch opportunity. This Martin-Marietta designed soft-lander of 1969 was intended to put the maximum payload weight on the surface of Mars using a mission profile...
  4. Triton

    Boeing Martian Recon Vehicle

    Artist's impression of unmanned Martian reconnaissance vehicle concept press photo found on eBay. Source: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1958-Boeing-Minute-Man-Missile-Martian-Reconnaissance-vehicle-Press-Photo-/190706754178?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item2c67022282
  5. Grey Havoc

    Good NASA JPL PR vid (MSL [Curiosity])

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki_Af_o9Q9s&feature=plcp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzqdoXwLBT8&feature=plcp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syA7ml64zY4&feature=plcp Not bad for a PR piece.
  6. Graham1973

    Mars High Resolution Camera Capsule (1965)

    1965 (Pre-Mariner 4 Atmosphere) design for a hard landing capsule designed to take 1 high resolution photograph of the surface of Mars and then transmit it back to Earth over a period of four days. The camera used would appear to be a distant ancestor of those eventually used on the Viking...
  7. Triton

    Kaman Mars Helicopter concept circa 1967

    Kaman Moon Helicopter concept circa 1967 artist's impression found on eBay. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kaman-helicopter-use-moon-planets-artist-concept-8x10-1965-/370580580978?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item564852ea72
  8. Graham1973

    Hughes/Sandia - Pioneer Mars Orbiter (1974)

    Concerned about the cost of Viking 1 & 2, NASA looked at lower cost alternatives for the 1977 & 1979 Mars launch opportunities . One of the proposed missions was to use a modified version of the Pioneer Venus Orbiter to carry six RTG powered penetrators to Mars. Once the spacecraft entered...
  9. hesham

    Japanese Shuttle, Space Plane & other Projects

    Hi, the Japanese Hope-X is unmanned spaceplane. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/2003/2003%20-%201081.html
  10. Triton

    1960s Voyager to Mars program

    Links, concept artwork, and models of the Apollo Applications Program (AAP) probe to Mars program named Voyager from the 1960s. Not to be confused with the later Voyager program that went to the outer planets. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_program_(Mars)...
  11. D

    Disc-shaped prototype?

    Dear forum members, do anybody know what is the experimental "flying disc" shown at minutes 19:18-19:22 of this video by Jane's journalist Nick Cook, please? http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-834605691449249469 I have made 3 stills from the video: - the disc is dropped: - two...
  12. hesham

    Werner von Braun's "Marsprojekt" ("Exploration Of Mars")

    Hi, I can't consider this project in a book as a project,so I ask about it here in Aerospace section,in Flightglobal a group of books from 1950s, one book called; The Exploration of Mars,I can't identify the project on it,can anybody that ...
  13. Michel Van

    Douglas ROMBUS

    Philip Bono master piece "Reusable Orbital Module-Booster & Utility Shuttle"from 1964 http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/rombus.htm is SSTO (VTOVL) with payload 450 tons in 185 km Orbit. with a plug nozzle rocket engine design, used also as heat shield during atmospheric reentry. most of LH2 fuel...
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