The Resource Prospector Rover is being designed to carry the RESOLVE (Regolith Environment Science, and Oxygen Lunar Volatile Extraction) payload on a mission to the Moon to prospect for water ice. This is a joint project between KSC Swamp Works UB-R1 and JSC. JSC is building the Resource Prospector 2015 (RP15) rover and KSC designed and fabricated a Launch-Lock (LL) hold down mechanism for the rover. The LL mechanism will attach and support the rover on a Lunar Lander during launch and transit to the moon, then release the RP15 rover after touchdown on the lunar surface. This report presents the design and development of the LL mechanism and its unique features which make it suitable for this lunar exploration mission. An EDU (engineering development unit) prototype of the LL has been built and tested at KSC which is the subject of this paper.


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    Title :

    Launch Lock Mechanism for Resource Prospector Rover



    Conference:

    ASCE Biennial ASCE International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction and Operations in Challenging Environments ; 2016 ; Orlando, FL, United States


    Publication date :

    2016-11-11


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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