Marshall Space Flight Center is developing a small lunar lander capable of delivering up to 300 kg of payload to the lunar surface near the North or South Pole. Originally designed as a lander for a small rover, the Lunar Pallet Lander, has seen several design iterations over the last couple of years. This paper will cover how the vehicle and mission design changed from being a co-manifested payload candidate in NASA’s Space Launch System to its current design, which could be launched with an Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV), and reach a wide range of polar landing sites.


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    Title :

    Mission Design for the Lunar Pallet Lander


    Contributors:
    Craig, A. S. (author) / Holt, J. P. (author) / Hannan, M. R. (author) / Orphee, J. I. (author)

    Conference:

    AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting ; 2019 ; Ka''anapali, HI, United States


    Publication date :

    2019-01-13


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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