Mission to Mars

Impulse is developing an integrated Cruise Vehicle, Entry Capsule, and Mars Lander to launch on the Relativity Terran R vehicle. After traveling through interplanetary space for over half a year, the Cruise Vehicle would inject the Entry Capsule into the correct landing trajectory and detach it. The Entry Capsule uses the proven combination of heatshield and parachute to slow down enough to safely deploy the Mars Lander into freefall. The lander would then perform a propulsive landing using purpose-built engines to deliver commercial payloads to the surface of Mars.