Title :
A long-duration propulsive lunar landing testbed
Author :
Shankar, Krishna ; Peterson, Kevin ; Jones, Heather ; Moidel, Justin ; Whittaker, William Red
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Aerosp. Eng., Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
Abstract :
Affordable test articles for descent and landing are crucial for developing commercial lunar landing capability. To ensure successful lunar landing, flight software must be tested over mission-length durations on hardware exhibiting dynamics analogous to those of true flight articles. Energetic and structural constraints typically preclude affordable long-duration lander tests.
Keywords :
aerospace engineering; aerospace robotics; aircraft landing guidance; lunar surface; program testing; space vehicles; flight software testing; hardware dynamics; long-duration propulsive lunar landing testbed; state estimation; Acceleration; Gyroscopes; Moon; Q measurement; Quaternions; Sensors; Time measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2011 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-386-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICRA.2011.5980162
