The Mars Ascent Vehicle team recently completed testing at a NASA facility that has been a key part of missions going all the way back to the Apollo program. The same facility is now helping the agency prepare to launch the first rocket from Mars.
) team recently completed wind tunnel testing at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in a facility that has been a critical part of NASA missions going all the way back to the Apollo program.
“With these successful tests, we are improving our understanding of MAV aerodynamics, integrated performance, controllability, and vehicle loading,” said MAV Project Manager Steve Gaddis. “We will use the results to inform our design and make any needed improvements for the robust MAV needed to deliver Martian rock samples to orbit.”
MAV aeroacoustics lead Annie Catherine Barnes, who served as co-lead for the July testing campaign, said the team tested scale models at multiple angles inside the wind tunnel to see how air flow might affect MAV’s structure. Barnes compared it to turbulence on an airplane.
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