The mission plan for Duna had several major risks that would need to be resolved in one or more programs to give the mission a go. Long duration stays in space, the mission will take 2 years, covered by: Various projects in UKSS One year travel tested by Beale 01 traveling to Eve One year […]
Read More Preparing for DunaExplorer 03 Having taken all the reading and measurements it could from Vall, the Explorer 03 fired up its engines at the appropriate moment. Using a less than 300 m/s burn it could get an encounter with Bop. Back at KSC scientists were eager to get scans of the moon since the text in the […]
Read More Explorer and Discovery Mission Update 3At the annual planetary conference KSC scientists gave a presentation of the first results of the Explorer program: Explorer 05 Arrives at Duna Explorer 5 arrived at Duna in a polar orbit, allowing the sensors to map the surface with ease. The booster stage was finally depleted and would be used as an atmospheric drag […]
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