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The Mars Science Laboratory Touchdown Test Facility

Christopher V. White, John Frankovich, Phillip Yates, George H. Wells, Robert M. Losey

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In the Touchdown Test Program for the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission, a facility was developed to use a full-scale rover vehicle and an overhead winch system to replicate the Skycrane landing event.

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In the Touchdown Test Program for the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission, a facility was developed to use a full-scale rover vehicle and an overhead winch system to replicate the Skycrane landing event.

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In the Touchdown Test Program for the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission, a facility was developed to use a full-scale rover vehicle and an overhead winch system to replicate the Skycrane landing event.

Key concepts: Touchdown, Mars Exploration Program, Winch, Mars landing, Aeronautics, Test (biology), Replicate, Engineering

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