NASA’S Robotic Lunar Lander Development Program
- Paper number
IAC-12,A3,2C,1,x15366
- Author
Mr. Benjamin Ballard, JHU Applied Physics Laboratory, United States
- Coauthor
Dr. Greg Chavers, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, United States
- Coauthor
Ms. Cheryl Reed, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, United States
- Coauthor
Ms. Cynthia Stemple, NASA MSFC, United States
- Coauthor
Mr. Dewey Adams, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, United States
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Dr. Barbara Cohen, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/Marshall Space Flight Center, United States
- Coauthor
Dr. Timothy McGee, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, United States
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Mr. Timothy Cole, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, United States
- Coauthor
Mr. David Artis, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, United States
- Coauthor
Dr. Huu Trinh, NASA MSFC, United States
- Coauthor
Dr. Jeffery Farmer, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, United States
- Coauthor
Mr. Todd Freestone, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, United States
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Mr. Eric Lowery, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, United States
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Mr. Paul Lafferty, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, United States
- Coauthor
Ms. Sanae Kubota, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboraory, United States
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Ms. Julie Bassler, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/Marshall Space Flight Center, United States
- Coauthor
Ms. Monica Hammond, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, United States
- Coauthor
Mr. Douglas Eng, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, United States
- Coauthor
Mr. Todd Holloway, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, United States
- Coauthor
Mr. Brian Mulac, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/Marshall Space Flight Center, United States
- Coauthor
Mr. Lawrence Hill, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, United States
- Coauthor
Mr. Daniel Harris, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/Marshall Space Flight Center, United States
- Coauthor
Mr. Michael Hannan, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, United States
- Year
2012
- Abstract
Over the last five years, NASA has invested in development and risk-reduction for a new generation of planetary landers capable of carrying instruments and technology projects to the lunar surface and other airless bodies. The Robotic Lunar Lander Development Program (RLLDP) is jointly implemented by NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL). The RLLDP team has produced mission architecture designs for multiple airless body missions to meet both science and human precursor mission needs. The mission architecture concept studies encompass small, medium, and large landers, with payloads from a few tens of kilograms to over 1000 kilograms, to the Moon and other airless bodies. To mature these concepts, the project has made significant investments in technology risk reduction in focused subsytems. In addition, many lander technologies and algorithms have been tested and demonstrated in an integrated systems environment using free-flying test articles. These design and testing investments have significantly reduced development risk for airless body landers, thereby reducing overall risk and associated costs for future missions.
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