Armstrong Flies on Mars, Titan, and Venus: Developing Innovative Tools and leveraging center expertise to explore the universe.

Completed TRL 5 (started at 3, targeting 5)

Description

Development of validated and releasable Venus atmosphere/vehicle simulation for use by NASA, academia and others for vehicle and CONOPs development. Use simulation to develop vehicle control laws for rendezvous and docking with a Venus airship.

Benefits

Develop Venus UAVs, associated technologies and Conops for inclusion on future exploration missions to Venus

Details

Technology area	Software, Modeling, Simulation, and Information Processing
Program	Center Innovation Fund: AFRC CIF (AFRC CIF)
Lead organization	Armstrong Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA
Start date	2021-10-01
End date	2022-09-30

Project contacts

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Bruce R Cogan — bruce.r.cogan@nasa.gov
Michael T Pauken — michael.t.pauken@jpl.nasa.gov

How to get involved

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