Critical aeroshell guards NASA's latest Mars rover
NASA's Perseverance will arrive on Mars next week to collect rocks, a key step in determining whether life existed there. Lockheed Martin's Dave Scholz, principal engineer of the mission's aeroshell, explains the protective technology. (Feb. 11) October 18, 2006 -//IPTC//DTD NITF 3.4//EN NASA's Perseverance will arrive on Mars next week to collect rocks, a key step in determining whether life existed there. Lockheed Martin's Dave Scholz, principal engineer of the mission's aeroshell, explains the protective technology. (Feb. 11) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: PART MUST CREDIT NASA; PART MUST CREDIT LOCKHEED MARTIN NASA - MUST CREDIT NASA Date and location unknown 1. Various animations of Mars 2020 mission ASSOCIATED PRESS Littleton, Colorado - 8 February 2021 ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Dave Scholz, Lockheed Martin, principal aeroshell engineer: "This is the tenth aeroshell that we've we've built for a Mars mission for NASA, we've been involved with every successful landing on Mars to date." NASA - MUST CREDIT NASA Date and location unknown 3. Wide animation of lander approaching Mars surface ASSOCIATED PRESS Littleton, Colorado - 8 February 2021 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Dave Scholz, Lockheed Martin, principal aeroshell engineer: "The aeroshell's critical because the lander would not be able to survive that environment on its own." LOCKHEED MARTIN - MUST CREDIT LOCKHEED MARTIN Littleton, Colorado - 3 December 2019 5. Various of aeroshell's heat shield at Lockheed Martin Space ASSOCIATED PRESS Littleton, Colorado - 8 February 2021 ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Dave Scholz, Lockheed Martin, principal aeroshell engineer: "The front half is the heat shield, that's the part of the aeroshell that really takes the brunt of the atmospheric entry environment, the heat and the pressure. And then the back shell is the other half. The back shell includes a parachute and the balanced masses that create this offset center of gravity so that it can, so that they can steer it." NASA - MUST CREDIT NASA Date and location unknown 7. Animation of aeroshell breaching Martian atmosphere LOCKHEED MARTIN - MUST CREDIT LOCKHEED MARTIN Littleton, Colorado - 3 December 2019 8. Various of aeroshell's back half at Lockheed Martin Space NASA - MUST CREDIT NASA Date and location unknown 9. Various animations of Mars 2020 mission, including parachute deployment ASSOCIATED PRESS Littleton, Colorado - 8 February 2021 ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Dave Scholz, Lockheed Martin, principal …
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