NASA’s Human Lunar Landing Strategy
- Paper number
IAC-20,B3,1,11,x58416
- Author
Dr. Lisa Watson-Morgan, United States, NASA
- Coauthor
Dr. Greg Chavers, United States, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
- Coauthor
Mr. John Connolly, United States
- Coauthor
Mrs. Alicia Dwyer-Cianciolo, United States, NASA
- Coauthor
Dr. Chance Garcia, United States, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
- Coauthor
Mr. Daniel Mazanek, United States, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/Langley Research Center
- Coauthor
Ms. Laura Means, United States, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
- Coauthor
Ms. Beverly Perry, United States, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
- Coauthor
Ms. Tara Polsgrove, United States, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
- Year
2020
- Abstract
In early 2020, NASA's Human Landing System Program made awards to a set of American companies to compete for the design, delivery and demonstration of an integrated human landing system to put the next Americans on the South Pole of the Moon by 2024. Awards were made utilizing the NextSTEP Broad Agency Announcement procurement mechanism and kicked off a seven-month Certification Baseline Review, leading up to a Continuation Review and possible down-select by NASA at the end of 2020. This paper discusses the work that has been done thus far for the rapid development of a human landing system to safely carry the first woman and the next man to the lunar surface. It will also provide a preview of the work that remains ahead for the program.
- Abstract document
- Manuscript document
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