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| ILC has developed several airbag and ballute systems for the protection of spacecraft or launch vehicle components for their safe landing on the surface of Mars or earth. The most well known of these is the Mars Pathfinder impact attenuation airbag system. Advanced materials and design practices were developed by ILC to enable the Mars Pathfinder and other missions. ILC is advancing airbag and ballute, or decelerator, technology through the study and development of next generation programs such as the MER Spirit Mars lander. ILC has capitalized on our terrestrial aerodynamic decelerator work to advance the ballute and atmospheric decelerators required for planetary exploration. |
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ALS Impact Bags
Aerobrakes & Ballutes
Pathfinder
Recovery Spray Shield
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| For more information on Space Inflatables, please contact Cliff Willey. |
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