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2. Sky crane (landing system) - Wikipedia

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   Sky crane is a soft landing system used in the last part of the entry, descent and landing (EDL) sequence developed by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory for its two largest Mars rovers, Curiosity and Perseverance. While previous rovers used airbags for landing, both Curiosity and Perseverance were too heavy to be landed this way. Instead, a ...

3. Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane - Wikipedia

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   Originally a Sikorsky Aircraft product, the type certificate and manufacturing rights were purchased from them by Erickson Air-Crane in 1992. Since that time, Erickson Air-Crane has become the manufacturer and world's largest operator of S-64 Aircranes and has made over 1,350 changes to the airframe, instrumentation, and payload capabilities of the helicopter.

4. Sky crane - Wikipedia

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   Sky crane or skycrane may refer to: A type of aerial crane helicopter pioneered by Sikorsky in 1950s and 1960s where the fuselage is only large enough to accommodate the pilot and crew and does not have a cargo hold or passenger area.

5. NASA's Mars rover will use a sky crane to land

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6. Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhe - Wikipedia

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   The Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhe is an American twin-engine heavy-lift helicopter designed by Sikorsky Aircraft for the United States Army. It is named after Tarhe, an 18th-century chief of the Wyandot Indian tribe whose nickname was "The Crane". [2] The civilian version is the Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane.

7. Intermeshing-rotor helicopter - Wikipedia

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   Intermeshing rotored helicopters have high stability and powerful lifting capability. The latest Kaman K-MAX model is a dedicated sky-crane design used for construction work, and has been modified for trials by the USMC as an optionally-unmanned cargo transporter. Unmanned aerial vehicles with intermeshing rotors have also been flown. [2]

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9. Mars Science Laboratory - Wikipedia

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   The sky crane system lowered the rover with a 7.6 m (25 ft) [137] tether to a soft landing—wheels down—on the surface of Mars. [ 139 ] [ 144 ] [ 145 ] This system consists of a bridle lowering the rover on three nylon tethers and an electrical cable carrying information and power between the descent stage and rover.