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Engineering your success

A centre of excellence for aerospace systems, engineering consultancy and space systems development, specialising in entry, descent and landing systems for space vehicles.

  • About Us
    • Our Team
    • Knowledge and Publications
  • What we do
    • Parachutes
    • Entry Systems
    • Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerators
    • Flexible TPS
    • Testing
    • Aerodynamics
    • Computational Fluid Dynamics
    • More
  • Case Studies
    • ExoMars RSP
    • ExoMars 2016
    • ESA – Development of a Flexible TPS
    • ESA – Huygens Descent Control Sub-System (DCSS)
    • ESA – SuperMax
    • ESA – Earth Return Capsule Dynamic Stability by Balloon Drop Tests
    • ESA – Supersonic Parachute Research
    • NASA – Mars Aerocapture
    • NASA JPL – Mars Science Laboratory Parachute Consultancy
    • More
  • Customers
  • News
  • Contact us

European Space Agency

Vorticity serves as one of the European Space Agency’s expert consultants on Entry Descent and Landing programmes.

ESA Projects

Aerothermodynamic Tools for Hypersonic Inflatable Decelerators
Airbags for Small Landers Design
Alternative Descent and Landing Systems
Deployable & Inflatable Heatshield & Hypersonic Decelerator Concepts – Phase 1
Development of a Flexible TPS for Deployable and Inflatable Heatshield and Hypersonic Decelerators
Earth Return Capsule Dynamic Stability via Balloon Drop Tests
Europa Microprobes
ExoMars 2016
ExoMars RSP
ExoMars Probe Aerodynamics and Aerothermal Analysis
Huygens Descent Control Sub-System (DCSS)
Huygens Post Flight Investigation
Mercury Lander Technologies
Parachute Engineering Tool
Parachute Deployment Device
Subsonic Parachutes Trade-Off and Testing
Supersonic Parachutes
SuperMAX
Venus Entry Probe

Recent Posts

  • Headington School – Outreach  11th March 2024
  • Vorticity’s Outreach at Magdalen College School
  • Vorticity Cambridge Summer Internships
  • NASA Dragonfly
  • Vorticity at ADSTC, FAR and IPPW 2022
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