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Mars 1989
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NPO Energia solar-powered Mars expedition spacecraft of 1989. The complete extent of the vast 200 m x 200 m solar panels is not shown.
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Credit:
© Mark Wade
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Mars 1989
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Mars 1989
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Version of the Mars 1989 shown by RKK Energia in 1990
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Credit:
via Steven S. Pietrobon
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Mars 1989
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Energia Mars 89
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In 1989 yet another Mars project was proposed by NPO Energia. In the place of the nuclear reactor of previous designs power would be generated by huge farms of solar panels. Crew size was reduced from that specified for Aelita, but use of solar panels still doubled the spacecraft mass. Five launches of the Energia booster would be required to assemble the spacecraft in low earth orbit.
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Credit:
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Energia Mars 89
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EA Ascent Stage
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The Ascent Stage of the EA Mars Lander fires to launch the crew back to Mars orbit and rendezvous with the waiting Mars 1986 or 1989 expedition craft.
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Credit:
RKK Energia
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EA Ascent Stage
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EA Lander
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EA Lander on Mars. Note the cylindrical air lock that has deployed from the belly, the landing legs, the aerodynamic surfaces on the tail, and the small Marsokhod rover on the surface.
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Credit:
RKK Energia
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EA Lander
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Aelita Martian
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Wishful thinking - a Martian peeks from a crater after the EA Lander departs for orbit. Frame from an RKK Energia film.
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Credit:
RKK Energia
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Aelita Martian
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Mars 1989
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NPO Energia solar-powered Mars expedition spacecraft of 1989.
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Credit:
RKK Energia
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Mars 1989
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