On November 26, 2018, the Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander successfully touched down on the surface of Mars. NASA Langley Research Center’s (LaRC) Program to Optimize Simulated Trajectories II (POST2) was used during both project development and flight operations to assess the Entry, Descent and Landing (EDL) vehicle performance against related requirements across the expected range of possible environmental and spacecraft conditions. During flight operations, these analyses were used to evaluate the need for updating flight software EDL parameters and the effects of executing a trajectory correction maneuver (TCM). Therefore, the NASA LaRC POST2 simulation had a critical role during the cruise, approach and ultimately EDL phases of the mission. This paper presents results of the final pre- and post- EDL flight performance assessments. A summary of the reconstructed “as-flown” trajectory with a comparison of key EDL metrics to the nominal and three-sigma bound pre-EDL predictions is also provided. Emphasis on the trajectory between entry interface and parachute deploy is provided as this is the period during which deviations from the pre-EDL prediction occurred. The post-flight assessment provides important verification of the POST2 models and analysis techniques used for InSight, providing critical feed-forward information to future lander missions.


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    Titel :

    InSight Entry, Descent and Landing Post-Flight Performance Assessment


    Beteiligte:

    Kongress:

    AIAA SciTech Exhibition and Forum ; 2020 ; Orlando, FL, US


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2020-01-06



    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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