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Safe Crew Abort and Recovery for Ascent and Descent at the Moon and Mars

Completed TRL 1 (started at 1, targeting 1)

Description

Modular HSRV design includes a separable nose section with a unique propulsion system that nominally enables soft landing of the HSRV on the moon and Mars. #Nose sections are repurposable, providing crew recovery vehicle capabilities from surface or orbital nodes. In a contingency, the HSRV nose section separates along with the crew capsule to allow either ATO or abort-to-surface (ATS).#For Mars EDL ATS scenarios, the capsule separates from the nose section and employs a HIAD, supersonic parachutes, and retropropulsion to safely land.

Benefits

Benefit to NASA human Moon and Mars exploration missions

Details

Technology areaEntry, Descent, and Landing > Vehicle Systems > Architecture Design and Analysis
ProgramCenter Innovation Fund: LaRC CIF (LaRC CIF)
Lead organizationLangley Research Center, Hampton, VA
Start date2017-10-01
End date2018-09-30

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