Total capsule length was 10.8 ft, including aretrorocketpack strapped over the heat shield.
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Just before the scheduled firing of itsretrorocket, a command was sent to inflate cushioning air bags around the landing probe.
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Because of weight constraints, there was no backupretrorocketengine.
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Biosatellite 1 was not recovered because of the failure of aretrorocketto ignite.
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White paint, gold and chrome plating, and a silvered plastic sheet encasing theretrorocketfurnished thermal control.
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At 250 m from the surface, the mainretrorocketwas turned off and the four outrigger engines were used to slow the craft.
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A backup solid-fuelretrorocketwas added to the top of the descent module.
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The spacecraft was maneuvered into retrofire attitude and the firstretrorocketfired.
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The decision was made to leave theretrorocketpack in position during reentry.
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The lander/rover will have its own smallretrorocket, and, after being jettisoned from the tug, was projected to conduct a braking maneuver to land softly on the lunar surface.
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A backup was not needed since its supplies lasted for a 10-day flight, which would allow for reentry by orbital decay if theretrorocketfailed.
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As he plummeted downward, he saw what appeared to be two of the spent retrorockets pass across the periscope view after theretrorocketpackage had been jettisoned.
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