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Tag: Mars Lander

Mars Excursion Module

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Our World in Space
Robert McCall & Isaac Asimov
New York Graphic Society, 1974

MEM at Astronautix

Image credit: Robert McCall

Image source: Numbers Station

Mars Surface Vehicles


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  1. Minimum Rover
  2. Rover with Augmented Life-Support Services
  3. Shirt Sleeve Rover, One Person
  4. Hybrid Rover Concept
  5. Wheeled Hybrid Rover, with Forward Egress

Image credit: Martin Marietta

Image source: NASA NTRS

Cargo Lander & Utility Vehicle


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Image credit: Martin Marietta

Image source: NASA NTRS

Mars Colony

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Image credit: Rockwell International

Image source: Mike Acs

Northrop Lander

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First manned landing on Mars! This Northrop sketch shows how a soft landing on the red planet might look from ground level. A steerable gliding cloverleaf parachute slows the craft down as the retrorockets start to fire. The parachute is then jettisoned, and the retrorockets perform the final maneuver for touchdown. Retrorocket braking was perfected in the 1960’s to provide the soft landings for the Surveyor moon probe.

Project Viking: Space Conquest Beyond the Moon

by Irwin Stambler
G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1970

Image credit: NASA

Image source: Numbers Station

Get To Da Choppa!

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Project Viking: Space Conquest Beyond the Moon

by Irwin Stambler
G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1970

Image credit: NASA

Image source: Numbers Station