Center Innovation Fund: JSC CIF
Onboard Adaptive Safe Site Identification System, Year 3 (OASSIS)
Project Description
OASSIS year 3 innovates with three goals: 1) transition to a generic configuration compatible with GNC flight software, 2) implement a new, computationally-efficient TRN algorithm for lunar landing, and 3) integrate with the HWIL testbed to validate lunar landing GNC systems. This project enables lunar lander GNC flight software to be tested dynamically without the need of a costly flight campaign and without the risk of catastrophic hardware loss. Additionally, the TRN algorithm development and testing enhances the state-of-the-art in pinpoint landing navigation, ultimately improving the overall landing accuracy, safety, and reliability of a crewed lunar landing mission.
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Anticipated Benefits
Technology Gap Being Addressed Precision landing technologies are being developed under the SPLICE project. While SPLICE has specific milestones for hardware and algorithm development, and planned flight tests, there is still a gap in our ability to test on the ground, which would speed up development pace and aid in the planning for expensive flight tests. SPLICE does not currently have scope for any R&D work on future feature detection or feature-based navigation algorithms.
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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 |
Goddard Space Flight Center
(GSFC)
|
Supporting Organization | NASA Center | Greenbelt, Maryland |
| Texas A & M University-College Station (Texas A&M) | Supporting Organization | Academia | College Station, Texas |
Primary U.S. Work Locations
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Maryland
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Texas
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