Project Name |
Description |
Sponsor |
Pinpoint
Landing Technology Assessment for Autonomous Space Exploration
Systems |
Terrain-relative navigation and technology assessment for future
robotic landers on Mars, Titan and Venus. |
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory |
Planetary Entry System Synthesis Tool (PESST) |
Development of an integrated systems analysis tool for entry systems assessment. |
NASA Langley
Research Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Charles
Stark Draper Laboratory |
Aeroelastic
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 |
Entry,
Descent and Landing Challenges for Human Mars Exploration |
Identification
of technology challenges and potential solutions for large-scale EDL systems.
Aeroshell shape optimization Supersonic propulsive descent
Trajectory reconstruction
|
NASA Marshall
Space Flight center,
Ball Aerospace and Technology Corporation |
Planetary Defense |
Concept
development for deflection of potential planetary impactors such
as asteroids and comets. Long-term orbit propagation. Low-thrust
mission design. |
Aerospace Corporation,
SpaceWorks Engineering, Inc. |
Entry
Systems Design for Mars Biosatellite Program |
Recovery
system for a LEO microgravity experiment |
Partner: MIT |
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The following research projects are currently underway in the SSDL.