Astronomy:Martian Piloted Complex
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Short description: Mission by the Soviet Union to send six cosmonauts to Mars in the year 1975
The Martian Piloted Complex or MPK was a Soviet Union human mission to Mars proposed in 1956-62 by Mikhail Tikhonravov.[1][2]
It featured a six-cosmonaut crew on a 900-day mission, with a launch in 1975.[2][3] The craft would have a mass of 1,630 metric tons and employ traditional liquid propellants (LOX/Kerosene).[2] It would take 25 N1 rocket launches to assemble the MPK in low earth orbit.[2]
When complete, it would travel from Earth to Mars on a 270 day Hohmann trajectory and maneuver into Martian orbit.[2] Afterwards, a landing craft would descend to the surface for a one-year expedition.[2] Return to Earth would take 270 days and the re-entry vehicle would weight 15 metric tons.[2]
See also
- Aelita project, a 1969 Soviet project of a human mission to Mars
- Human mission to Mars § Mission proposals
References
- ↑ Klerkx, Greg (20 July 2010). Lost In Space. Random House. ISBN 9781409001379. https://books.google.com/books?id=31UxPzqYgTkC&dq=Martian+Piloted+Complex+%28MPK%29+-wiki&pg=PT289.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Wade, Mark (2019). "MPK". http://www.astronautix.com/m/mpk.html.
- ↑ Williams, Matthew S. (June 1, 2019). "All The Plans To Colonize Mars Including Terraforming It". https://interestingengineering.com/science/making-a-garden-on-the-red-planet-how-could-we-colonize-terraform-mars.
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