Draper Multi-Environment Navigator (DMEN) Suborbital Rocket Campaign
PI: Brett Streetman, Courtney Mario (Co-I), Draper Laboratory Inc.
PI: Brett Streetman, Courtney Mario (Co-I), Draper Laboratory Inc.
- TA09 Entry, Descent and Landing Systems
As exploration reaches farther into our solar system, both human missions and a multitude of smaller craft will need to perform EDL to complete their mission. A small, reliable navigation package is a necessary technology. The objective of this experiment is to collect in-environment data from a high altitude while running algorithms.
The Draper package has achieved TRL 6-7 for both ground and low-altitude operations, but the descent portion of EDL is at TRL 4 until it can be tested in a relevant environment. Suborbital flights will allow for the collection and validation of algorithms in this environment, which would advance the system to TRL 5.
• NASA missions, notably Artemis—DMEN algorithms are planned for use in Commercial Lunar Payload Services flights
• Human and robotic missions that include a landing component
Technology Details
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Selection DateTechFlights19 (Oct 2019)
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Program StatusActive
- 0 sRLV
Development Team
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PIBrett Streetman
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PI Organization
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Co-ICourtney Mario
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Co-I Organization
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SponsorNASA