NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) and The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) have been conducting mission studies and performing risk reduction activities for NASA s robotic lunar lander flight projects. This paper describes some of the lunar lander concepts derived from these studies conducted by the MSFC/APL Robotic Lunar Lander Development Project team. In addition, the results to date of the lunar lander development risk reduction efforts including high pressure propulsion system testing, structure and mechanism development and testing, long cycle time battery testing and combined GN&C and avionics testing will be addressed. The most visible elements of the risk reduction program are two autonomous lander flight test vehicles: a compressed air system with limited flight durations and a second version using hydrogen peroxide propellant to achieve significantly longer flight times and the ability to more fully exercise flight sensors and algorithms.


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    Title :

    Robotic Lunar Landers for Science and Exploration


    Contributors:
    Chavers, D. G. (author) / Cohen, B. A. (author) / Bassler, J. A. (author) / Hammond, M. S. (author) / Harris, D. W. (author) / Hill, L. A. (author) / Eng, D. (author) / Ballard, B. W. (author) / Kubota, S. D. (author) / Morse, B. J. (author)

    Conference:

    7th International Planetary Probe Workshop (IPPW-7) ; 2010 ; Barcelona, Spain


    Publication date :

    2010-06-12


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English






    Robotic Lunar Landers For Science And Exploration

    Cohen, B. A. / Bassler, J. A. / Morse, B. J. et al. | NTRS | 2010


    Robotic Lunar Landers for Science and Exploration

    Cohen, B. A. / Bassler, J. A. / Hammond, M. S. et al. | NTRS | 2010


    Robotic Lunar Landers for Science and Exploration

    Cohen, B. A. / Hill, L. A. / Bassler, J. A. et al. | NTRS | 2010