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Mars, Mercury and Venus are a family of planets, representing information essential for tracing the history of this group of planets. Knowledge about their origin and evolution is a key to understanding how conditions supporting life arose in the Solar System. This should lead to a better understanding of Earth's development, its natural phenomena and their mutual interdependencies.

A major prerequisite for planetary exploration is the capability to land large robotic payloads (several tons) and even larger payloads supporting human missions (up to several 10th of tons) at precise locations.

Aero-braking and aero-entry with IRDT is a potential candidate to perform such missions in an extremely efficient manner.


      Robotic Mission Scenario


      Human Mission Scenario

The inflatable technology has the potential to double or triple the entry mass for robotic missions and providing the volume necessary to transport those entry masses.


Is potentially enabling human missions by reducing the ballistic coefficient to values comparable with robotic missions and reducing the aeroshell mass compared to rigid shells.



      Mars Mission