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Entry, Descent and Landing Technology Development for Future High Mass Mars Entry Systems

Identification of technology challenges and potential solutions for large-scale EDL systems.

NASA Langley Research Center, NASA Glenn Research Center, NASA Ames Research Center, NASA ARMD, NASA ESMD

Aerodynamic and Structural Investigation of Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerators

Design, analysis and testing of inflatable aerodynamic decelerators for use at Earth and Mars. Application to supersonic and/or hypersonic flight.

NASA Langley Research Center, ILC Dover, NASA ARMD, Boeing, DARPA

Space Systems Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization

JPL, NASA Langley Research Center

Simultaneous Vehicle/Trajectory Optimization for Prompt Global Strike Systems

Slender-body hypersonic aerodynamic, aerothermodynamic and flight performance optimization.

Charles Stark Draper Laboratory

F6 Fractionated Spacecraft

Analyses, methods development, and design support for assessing flexibility-related benefits of spacecraft fractionation in the areas of responsiveness, reliability, risk, cost, and overall value returned. Efforts are directed in support of DARPA's F6 spacecraft flight demonstration program.

Orbital Sciences Corp., DARPA

Multi-Moon Tour Design

Pathfinding and Delta-V optimization for multi-body tour options for the next flagship mission to outer planets.

JPL

Rapid Reconnaissance and Response Nanosatellite

Autonomous detection of a thermal target via satellite remote sensing. Relay of the target coordinates to an unmanned aerial vehicle for high-resolution imaging. Student spaceflight system and mission operations development.

AFOSR, GTRI, JPL, Arizona State University