Safe Crew Abort and Recovery for Ascent and Descent at the Moon and Mars

Modular HSRV design includes a separable nose section with a unique propulsion system that nominally enables soft landing of the HSRV on the moon and Mars. #Nose sections are repurposable, providing crew recovery vehicle capabilities from surface or orbital nodes. In a contingency, the HSRV nose section separates along with the crew capsule to allow either ATO or abort-to-surface (ATS).#For Mars EDL ATS scenarios, the capsule separates from the nose section and employs a HIAD, supersonic parachutes, and retropropulsion to safely land.