Planetary landing is the ultimate principle of extraterrestrial exploration. But ef-fectuating successful landing is a strenuous assignment because lander may ex-perience a malfunction and can perform defective landing at any stage due to numerous factors. Here from the perspective of inefficient impact attenuator, we propose a design of Mars lander with a novel impact absorber fabricated from alloyed silicon-chromium spring damper integrated with a dual cylinder of distinct diameter to counteract the pressure variance exerted during landing. In addition to this, we have reviewed the past landing missions and discussed the approach to design and fabrication. Finally, from the derived formulations, we have displayed the preliminary results and we expect that the attenuator may bear an impact force of 20-140 kN for grounding 0.2-1.0-ton class crewed or cargo landers on Mars.
Soft Tensegrity Systems for Planetary Landing and Exploration