To meet the unique challenges of crewed Lunar and Mars precision landings, NASA’s Safe and Precise Landing Integrated Capabilities Evolution project has worked to advance autonomous spacecraft navigation by increasing the technology readiness level of key deorbit, entry, descent, and landing systems, including navigation sensors. Different sensors and their effects on overall system performance are evaluated using six-degree-of-freedom simulations with physics-based engineering models that capture the relevant vehicle systems and environmental effects. Building on an existing simulation framework, this work demonstrates how improved modeling fidelity enables rapid and detailed assessment of various navigation sensors on human-scale Lunar and Mars landing vehicles using NASA reference architectures.


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    Title :

    Precision Landing Navigation Performance of Human-Scale Lunar and Mars Landers


    Contributors:
    R. A. Lugo (author) / R. A. Williams (author) / S. Dutta (author) / A. M. D. Cianciolo (author) / P. Chen (author)

    Publication date :

    2020


    Size :

    7 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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