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