The Atmospheric Structure Instrument and Meteorology Package was an engineering subsystem of the Mars Pathfinder spacecraft which provided data for scientific analysis. It was implemented as a facility experiment in an in-house mode at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, taking advantage of the heritage provided by the Viking mission. ASI/MET data were collected during different phases of the mission by accelerometers and wind, temperature, and pressure sensors mounted in various places on the spacecraft. Data acquired during the entry, descent, and landing (EDL) phase of the mission permitted the reconstruction of profiles of atmospheric density, temperature and pressure from altitudes in excess of 100 km to the surface. After the landing,... ...Show More
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