The Challenges of Landing Perseverance on Mars by Mr. Allen Chen
(with Brief Recognition of the AIAA LA-LV members with 25, 40, 50, 60, and 70 Years of Membership)
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AIAA LA-LV e-Town Hall Meeting
The Challenges of Landing Perseverance on Mars
by
Mr. Allen Chen
Systems engineer in the Entry, Descent, and Landing Systems and
Advanced Technologies group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
(A Zoom Webinar)
also with
Recognition of AIAA LA-LV Members of
25, 40, 50, 60, and 70 years of Membership
by
Mr. Aldo Martinez
Membership Chair + Honor & Awards Chair
AIAA LA-LV Section.
Boeing
and
Dr. Jeff Puschell
AIAA LA-LV Section Chair, AIAA Fellow
Raytheon Intelligence & Space
Saturday, May 27, 2021, 7 PM PDT (US/Canada)
Tentative Agenda: (All Time PDT (Pacific Daylight-Saving Time, US and Canada))
7:00 PM PDT: Welcome (Dr. Jeff Puschell)
7:05 PM PDT: Recognition of AIAA LA-LV Members of 25, 40, 50, 60, 70 years of membership
7:20 PM PDT: Mr. Allen Chen
8:30 PM PDT: Adjourn
Mr. Allen Chen
Systems engineer in the Entry, Descent, and Landing Systems and
Advanced Technologies group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mr. Allen Chen is a systems engineer in the Entry, Descent, and Landing Systems and Advanced Technologies group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He is currently the Entry, Descent, and Landing (EDL) Lead for the Mars 2020 project. During his ten year tour of duty on the Mars Science Laboratory mission, he was the EDL operation lead, the EDL flight dynamics lead, co-led the joint science/engineering Mars atmosphere characterization team, was a member of the Flight System Systems Engineering team, and did play-by-play commentary for landing. He also worked on the Mars Exploration Rovers project, performing EDL reconstruction analysis and testing.