Viability of a reusable in-space transportation system

SA Jefferies, RG Merrill - AIAA SPACE 2015 Conference and Exposition, 2015 - arc.aiaa.org
S humans strive to extend out into the solar system on multi-year missions far beyond low
Earth orbit and make repeated visits to the same locations, the potential for incorporating …

Evolvable mars campaign long duration habitation strategies: architectural approaches to enable human exploration missions

MA Simon, SI Wald, AS Howe, L Toups - AIAA SPACE 2015 Conference …, 2015 - arc.aiaa.org
ASA is developing a “long-term strategy for achieving extended missions to Mars” with a
goal of reaching the Mars vicinity with crew in the mid-2030s1. The Evolvable Mars …

Evolvable mars campaign 2016-a campaign perspective

KE Goodliff, P Troutman, DA Craig, J Caram… - Aiaa Space …, 2016 - arc.aiaa.org
S part of NASA's continuing efforts in space exploration, the agency regularly seeks to
improve upon potential approaches for sending humans into deep space. The Evolvable …

An Integrated Hybrid Transportation Architecture for Human Mars Expeditions

RG Merrill, P Chai, CA Jones, DR Komar… - AIAA Space 2015 …, 2015 - arc.aiaa.org
HE National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is currently developing options
for potential future paths as part of an Evolvable Mars Campaign (EMC) that expands human …

In-space transportation for NASA's Evolvable Mars Campaign

T Percy, M McGuire, T Polsgrove - AIAA Space 2015 Conference and …, 2015 - arc.aiaa.org
ASA is currently developing a new long-term strategy to expand human exploration of space
beyond the confines of low Earth orbit and into the solar system. This Pioneering Space …

Cis-lunar reusable in-space transportation architecture for the evolvable mars campaign

CA Jones, RG Merrill, E McVay - AIAA SPACE 2016, 2016 - arc.aiaa.org
HE Evolvable Mars Campaign (EMC) is an ongoing series of architectural trade analyses to
define the capabilities and elements needed for a sustainable human presence on the …

The evolvable mars campaign-study status

DA Craig, NB Herrmann… - 2015 IEEE Aerospace …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
NASA is developing a long-term strategy for achieving extended human missions to Mars in
support of the policies outlined in the 2010 NASA Authorization Act and National Space …

Transportation-driven mars surface operations supporting an evolvable mars campaign

L Toups, SJ Hoffman, K Brown - 2015 IEEE Aerospace …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes the results of a study evaluating options for supporting a series of
human missions to a single Mars surface destination. In this scenario the infrastructure …

Human Mars mission design study utilizing the adaptive deployable entry and placement technology

AM Cassell, CA Brivkalns, JV Bowles… - 2017 IEEE …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Adaptive Deployable Entry and Placement Technology (ADEPT) is being considered as
an entry, descent and landing (EDL) system to enable Human Mars class missions. ADEPT …

Mars surface systems common capabilities and challenges for human missions

L Toups, SJ Hoffman, K Watts - 2016 IEEE Aerospace …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes the current status of common systems and operations as they are
applied to actual locations on Mars that are representative of Exploration Zones (EZ)-NASA's …