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Demonstration of One-Fault Tolerant Precision Navigation for Autolanding Airless Bodies: Flight Two

Canceled TRL 5 (started at 5, targeting 5)

Description

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Benefits

This technology enables the safe, precise vehicular autolanding on unmapped asteroids, comets, outer planet moons, as well as planetry landing sites near polar peaks, crater rims, and skylights on the moon and Mars. By enabling missions to destinations with challenging topography and limited communication, this technology will benefit the commercial space industry and future NASA missions.

Details

Technology areaGN&C > Navigation Technologies > Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, and Capture Sensor Processing and Processors
ProgramFlight Opportunities (FO)
Lead organizationAstrobotic Technology, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA
Start date2015-04-24
End date2017-07-12

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