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Team 19: Mars Low-Cost Hard Lander Mechanical Design

Abstract

Project Render

NASA’s Mars Exploration Program is planning low-cost missions to Mars to create scientific instrument networks. To realize this goal, the team designed and tested a small, low-cost hard lander that uses crush material to deliver a 24kg payload and survive a 300m drop without controlled descent. It has durable components and a dust-clearing system to withstand 4 years in the harsh Mars environment.

Sponsor

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Director

Robert DuBois

Team Members

  • Claire Holt
  • Noah Sentnor
  • Kyle Parliament
  • Kevin Hart
  • Eli Greenfield
  • Griffin Kuuini
  • Jake Myers