NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) : Project pdf

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) : Project

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NASA’s Morpheus Project has developed and tested a prototype planetary lander capable of vertical takeoff and landing that is designed to serve as a testbed for advanced spacecraft technologies. The lander vehicle, propelled by a Liquid Oxygen (LOX)/Methane engine and sized to carry a 500kg payload to the lunar surface, provides a platform for bringing technologies from the laboratory into an integrated flight system at relatively low cost. In 2012, Morpheus began integrating the Autonomous Landing and Hazard Avoidance Technology (ALHAT) sensors and software onto the vehicle in order to demonstrate safe, autonomous landing and hazard avoidance. From the beginning, one of goals for the Morpheus Project was to streamline agency processes and practices. The Morpheus project accepted a challenge to tailor the traditional NASA systems engineering approach in a way that would be appropriate for a lower cost, rapid prototype engineering effort, but retain the essence of the guiding principles.

This paper describes the tailored project life cycle and systems engineering approach for the Morpheus project, including the processes, tools, and amount of rigor employed over the project’s multiple lifecycles since the project began in fiscal year (FY) 2011

• Creator/s: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS
• Date: 1/5/2015
• Year: 2015
• Book Topics/Themes: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), VERTICAL LANDING, VERTICAL TAKEOFF, SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, FLIGHT TESTS, PLANETARY LANDING, OXYGEN-HYDROCARBON ROCKET ENGINES, RAPID PROTOTYPING, NASA PROGRAMS, LUNAR LANDING, METHANE, LIQUID OXYGEN, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, COST REDUCTION, Devolites, Jennifer L., Olansen, Jon B

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