Game Changing Development
Safe & Precise Landing Integrated Capabilities Evolution (SPLICE)
Project Description
Develop Precision Landing and Hazard Avoidance (PL&HA) technologies for infusion into 2020’s robotic science missions and with a path for follow-on infusion into precursor and human Moon or Mars missions. Develop a multi-mission PL&HA Requirements Matrix for a suite of prioritized destinations. Develop sensors, avionics, algorithms and approaches that achieve these requirements. Test PL&HA systems in hardware-based simulations and onboard terrestrial vehicles to assess performance, advance TRL and foster mission infusion.
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Anticipated Benefits
Precision Landing technologies will enable landing within 100 meters of selected landing sites on the Moon and Mars. Hazard Avoidance technologies provide real-time identification of rocks, slopes, craters, and other vehicle scale hazards that cannot easily be identified from orbit reconaissance.
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Primary U.S. Work Locations and Key Partners
| Organizations Performing Work | Role | Type | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
Johnson Space Center
(JSC)
|
Lead Organization | NASA Center | Houston, Texas |
| Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) | Supporting Organization | FFRDC/UARC | Pasadena, California |
Langley Research Center
(LaRC)
|
Supporting Organization | NASA Center | Hampton, Virginia |
| Texas A & M University-College Station (Texas A&M) | Supporting Organization |
Academia
Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI)
|
College Station, Texas |
| The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. | Supporting Organization | Non-Profit Institution | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| The University of Texas at Austin | Supporting Organization |
Academia
Asian American Native American Pacific Islander (AANAPISI),
Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI)
|
Austin, Texas |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Supporting Organization | Academia | Urbana, Illinois |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus (UW) | Supporting Organization |
Academia
Asian American Native American Pacific Islander (AANAPISI)
|
Seattle, Washington |
| Co-Funding Partners | Type | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC) | NASA Center | Edwards, California |
| Flight Opportunities (FO) | NASA Program | |
| Game Changing Development (GCD) | NASA Program | |
| Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) | NASA Center | Greenbelt, Maryland |
| Planetary Science | NASA Program |
Primary U.S. Work Locations
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California
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Maryland
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Massachusetts
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Texas
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Virginia
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Washington
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