Deimos Storyboard

Mission to Mars (Project Deimos)

1. Hydrogen tanks jettison as ROMBUS spaceship accelerates from Earth-orbit;
2. Two hydrogen tanks jettison after retro-thrust into Mars orbit. Mars Landing Module separates from ROMBUS parent above the cratered deserts;
3. After soft-landing, astronauts begin exploration setting out research equipment and taking meteorological soundings;
4. Ascent stage of Mars Landing Module returns astronauts to ROMBUS parent in Martian orbit for return to Earth.

Frontiers of Space
Philip Bono & Kenneth Gatland
Macmillan, 1969

Project Deimos at Astronautix

Image credit: Douglas

Image source: SDASM Archives