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Index Mars aircraft

A Mars aircraft is a vehicle capable of sustaining powered flight in the atmosphere of Mars.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 60 relations: A Trip to Mars, Aerial Regional-scale Environmental Survey, Aerobot, Aerobraking, Aeronutronic, Aircraft engine, Atmosphere of Mars, Bob Balaram, Candor Chasma, Coprates Chasma, Curiosity (rover), Days (The Kinks song), Dragonfly (Titan space probe), Entomopter, High Resolution Stereo Camera, HiRISE, Hydrazine, India, Indian Mars exploration missions, Ingenuity (helicopter), ISRO, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Lift (force), Lifting body, List of missions to Mars, Mariner 4, Mars, Mars 2020, Mars Aerial and Ground Global Intelligent Explorer, Mars atmospheric entry, Mars Exploration Program, Mars Express, Mars flyby, Mars Geyser Hopper, Mars Piloted Orbital Station, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars rover, Mars sol, MELOS, NASA, NASA Mini-Sniffer, Perseverance (rover), Reynolds number, Sky crane (landing system), Sky-Sailor, Solar power, Solar-powered aircraft, Surveyor 6, The Mars Project, Tiltrotor, ... Expand index (10 more) »

  2. Astronautics
  3. Extraterrestrial aircraft

A Trip to Mars

A Trip to Mars (Danish: Himmelskibet, or Heaven Ship) is a 1918 Danish film about a trip to Mars.

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Aerial Regional-scale Environmental Survey

The Aerial Regional-scale Environmental Survey (ARES) was a proposal by NASA's Langley Research Center to build a robotic, rocket-powered airplane that would fly one mile above the surface of Mars, in order to investigate the atmosphere, surface, and sub-surface of the planet. Mars aircraft and Aerial Regional-scale Environmental Survey are Extraterrestrial aircraft.

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Aerobot

An aerobot is an aerial robot, usually used in the context of an uncrewed space probe or unmanned aerial vehicle.

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Aerobraking

Aerobraking is a spaceflight maneuver that reduces the high point of an elliptical orbit (apoapsis) by flying the vehicle through the atmosphere at the low point of the orbit (periapsis).

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Aeronutronic

Aeronutronic was a defense related division of Ford Aerospace, owned by Ford Motor Company, and based in Newport Beach, Orange County, California.

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Aircraft engine

An aircraft engine, often referred to as an aero engine, is the power component of an aircraft propulsion system.

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Atmosphere of Mars

The atmosphere of Mars is the layer of gases surrounding Mars.

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Bob Balaram

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Candor Chasma

Candor Chasma is one of the largest canyons in the Valles Marineris canyon system on Mars.

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Coprates Chasma

Coprates Chasma is a huge canyon in the Coprates quadrangle of Mars, located at 13.4° south latitude and 61.4° west longitude, part of the Valles Marineris canyon system.

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Curiosity (rover)

Curiosity is a car-sized Mars rover exploring Gale crater and Mount Sharp on Mars as part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission.

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Days (The Kinks song)

"Days" is a song by the English rock band the Kinks, written by Ray Davies.

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Dragonfly (Titan space probe)

Dragonfly is a planned NASA mission to send a robotic rotorcraft to the surface of Titan, the largest moon of Saturn. Mars aircraft and Dragonfly (Titan space probe) are Extraterrestrial aircraft.

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Entomopter

An Entomopter is an aircraft that flies using the wing-flapping aerodynamics of an insect.

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High Resolution Stereo Camera

High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) is a camera experiment on Mars Express.

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HiRISE

High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment is a camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter which has been orbiting and studying Mars since 2006.

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Hydrazine

Hydrazine is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Indian Mars exploration missions

The Indian Mars exploration missions are an ongoing series of outer space missions by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for the exploration of Mars.

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Ingenuity (helicopter)

Ingenuity, nicknamed Ginny, is an autonomous NASA helicopter that operated on Mars from 2021 to 2024 as part of the Mars 2020 mission. Mars aircraft and Ingenuity (helicopter) are Extraterrestrial aircraft.

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ISRO

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is India's national '''space agency'''.

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) in La Cañada Flintridge, California, Crescenta Valley, United States.

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Lift (force)

When a fluid flows around an object, the fluid exerts a force on the object.

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Lifting body

A lifting body is a fixed-wing aircraft or spacecraft configuration in which the body itself produces lift.

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List of missions to Mars

This is a list of spacecraft missions (including unsuccessful ones) to the planet Mars, such as orbiters, landers, and rovers.

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Mariner 4

Mariner 4 (together with Mariner 3 known as Mariner-Mars 1964) was the fourth in a series of spacecraft intended for planetary exploration in a flyby mode.

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Mars

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun.

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Mars 2020

Mars 2020 is a NASA mission that includes the rover Perseverance, the now-retired small robotic helicopter Ingenuity, and associated delivery systems, as part of the Mars Exploration Program.

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Mars Aerial and Ground Global Intelligent Explorer

Mars Aerial and Ground Global Intelligent Explorer or MAGGIE is a proposed compact, autonomous, fixed wing, vertical take-off/landing (VTOL), electric aircraft powered by solar energy. Mars aircraft and Mars Aerial and Ground Global Intelligent Explorer are astronautics, exploration of Mars, Extraterrestrial aircraft and proposed spacecraft.

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Mars atmospheric entry

Mars atmospheric entry is the entry into the atmosphere of Mars. Mars aircraft and Mars atmospheric entry are exploration of Mars.

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Mars Exploration Program

Mars Exploration Program (MEP) is a long-term effort to explore the planet Mars, funded and led by NASA. Mars aircraft and Mars Exploration Program are exploration of Mars.

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Mars Express

Mars Express is a space exploration mission being conducted by the European Space Agency (ESA).

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Mars flyby

A Mars flyby is a movement of spacecraft passing in the vicinity of the planet Mars, but not entering orbit or landing on it. Mars aircraft and Mars flyby are exploration of Mars.

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Mars Geyser Hopper

The Mars Geyser Hopper (MGH) was proposed in 2012 as a NASA design reference mission for a Discovery-class spacecraft concept that would investigate the springtime carbon dioxide Martian geysers found in regions around the south pole of Mars. Mars aircraft and Mars Geyser Hopper are Extraterrestrial aircraft.

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Mars Piloted Orbital Station

Mars Piloted Orbital Station (or Marspost) is a Russian concept for an orbital human mission to Mars, with several proposed configurations, including using a nuclear reactor to run an electric rocket engine.

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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is a spacecraft designed to search for the existence of water on Mars and provide support for missions to Mars, as part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program.

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Mars rover

A Mars rover is a remote-controlled motor vehicle designed to travel on the surface of Mars.

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Mars sol

Sol (borrowed from the Latin word for sun) is a solar day on Mars; that is, a Mars-day.

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MELOS

MELOS (Mars Exploration of Life and Organism Search) is a Japanese rover mission concept under study for an engineering demonstration of precision landing, and to look for possible biosignatures on Mars using a rover.

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NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.

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NASA Mini-Sniffer

The NASA Mini-Sniffers were a series of unmanned aerial vehicles designed to sample the air at high altitude to support various scientific studies.

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Perseverance (rover)

Perseverance, nicknamed Percy, is a car-sized Mars rover designed to explore the Jezero crater on Mars as part of NASA's Mars 2020 mission.

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Reynolds number

In fluid dynamics, the Reynolds number is a dimensionless quantity that helps predict fluid flow patterns in different situations by measuring the ratio between inertial and viscous forces.

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Sky crane (landing system)

Sky crane is a soft landing system used in the last part of the entry, descent and landing (EDL) sequence developed by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory for its two largest Mars rovers, Curiosity and Perseverance.

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Sky-Sailor

The Sky-Sailor is a concept for a robotic aircraft with embedded solar cells on its wings, conceived in 2004 by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. Mars aircraft and Sky-Sailor are Extraterrestrial aircraft.

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Solar power

Solar power, also known as solar electricity, is the conversion of energy from sunlight into electricity, either directly using photovoltaics (PV) or indirectly using concentrated solar power.

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Solar-powered aircraft

Solar-powered aircraft are electric aircraft that can be an airplane, blimp, or airship and use either a battery or hydrogen to store the energy produced by the solar cells and use that energy at night when the sun isn't shining.

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Surveyor 6

Surveyor 6 is the sixth lunar lander of the American uncrewed Surveyor program that reached the surface of the Moon.

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The Mars Project

The Mars Project (Das Marsprojekt) is a 1952 non-fiction scientific book by the German (later German-American) rocket physicist, astronautics engineer and space architect Wernher von Braun.

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Tiltrotor

A tiltrotor is an aircraft that generates lift and propulsion by way of one or more powered rotors (sometimes called proprotors) mounted on rotating shafts or nacelles usually at the ends of a fixed wing.

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Timothy Canham

Timothy Canham is an American software engineer.

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University of Illinois Press

The University of Illinois Press (UIP) is an American university press and is part of the University of Illinois system.

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Unmanned aerial vehicle

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without any human pilot, crew, or passengers on board.

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Valles Marineris

Valles Marineris (Latin for Mariner Valleys, named after the Mariner 9 Mars orbiter of 1971–72 which discovered it) is a system of canyons that runs along the Martian surface east of the Tharsis region.

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Viking 1

Viking 1 was the first of two spacecraft, along with Viking 2, each consisting of an orbiter and a lander, sent to Mars as part of NASA's Viking program.

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VTOL

A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft is one that can take off and land vertically without relying on a runway.

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Wernher von Braun

Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun (23 March 191216 June 1977) was a German-American aerospace engineer and space architect.

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Wingtip device

Wingtip devices are intended to improve the efficiency of fixed-wing aircraft by reducing drag.

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Wright brothers

The Wright brothers, Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), were American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane.

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Wright Flyer

The Wright Flyer (also known as the Kitty Hawk, Flyer I or the 1903 Flyer) made the first sustained flight by a manned heavier-than-air powered and controlled aircraft—an airplane—on December 17, 1903.

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See also

Astronautics

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_aircraft

Also known as Mars airplane, Mars balloon.

, Timothy Canham, University of Illinois Press, Unmanned aerial vehicle, Valles Marineris, Viking 1, VTOL, Wernher von Braun, Wingtip device, Wright brothers, Wright Flyer.