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Wippermann, Torben and Hudson, Troy L. and Spohn, Tilman and Witte, Lars and Scharringhausen, Marco and Tsakyridis, Georgios and Fittock, Mark and Krömer, Olaf and Hense, Simon and Grott, Matthias and Knollenberg, Jörg and Lichtenheldt, Roy (2019) Penetration and performance testing of the HP³ Mole for the InSight Mars mission. Planetary and Space Science. Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2019.104780. ISSN 0032-0633.
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During the development and the qualification of the Heat Flow Physical Properties Package (HP³) instrument (developed by the German Aerospace Center), which is part of the NASA Mars mission InSight, its self-propelling subsurface probe, the HP³ Mole was used in several penetration tests. Here, the performance of the Mole to reach the target depth, to avoid or overcome obstacles on its path, and its directional stability in the subsurface is elaborated. The different test beds and set ups are described and the results are presented. The deep penetration tests (DPT), with the purpose to reach the target depth, are the most important performance tests and therefore the results are investigated in more detail in section 2. Full functional tests (FFT), which showed the performance and degradation of the mechanism inside the Mole, are presented in section 3. Additional penetration and life cycle tests are described in section 4. The testing has demonstrated that the HP³ Mole meets all of its penetration requirements with margin.
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| Document Type: | Article | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title: | Penetration and performance testing of the HP³ Mole for the InSight Mars mission | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date: | 11 November 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Planetary and Space Science | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Refereed publication: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Open Access: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gold Open Access: | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In SCOPUS: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In ISI Web of Science: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.pss.2019.104780 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ISSN: | 0032-0633 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Status: | Published | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Keywords: | InSight; HP³; Mole; Heat flow; Mars exploration; Penetrator; Probe-soil-interaction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HGF - Research field: | Aeronautics, Space and Transport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HGF - Program: | Space | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HGF - Program Themes: | Space Exploration | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DLR - Research area: | Raumfahrt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DLR - Program: | R EW - Space Exploration | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DLR - Research theme (Project): | R - Project InSight - HP3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location: | Berlin-Adlershof , Bremen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Institutes and Institutions: | Institute of Space Systems > Land and Exploration Technology Institute of Planetary Research > Planetary Physics Institute of Planetary Research > Asteroids and Comets Institute of System Dynamics and Control > Space System Dynamics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deposited By: | Wippermann, Torben | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deposited On: | 22 Nov 2019 09:29 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Modified: | 04 Dec 2023 14:33 |
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