NASA´s Asteroid Redirect Mission concept development summary

Author

Gates, Michele ; Mazanek, Dan ; Muirhead, Brian ; Stich, Steve ; Naasz, Bo ; Chodas, Paul ; McDonald, Mark ; Reuter, Jim

Author_Institution

NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, USA

fYear

2015

fDate

7-14 March 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

13

Abstract

This paper summarizes key findings of Asteroid Redirect Mission pre-formulation concept development efforts, including mission architecture and design drivers, flight system concepts and trades, advanced solar electric propulsion component and system options, and asteroid capture option trades and risk reduction efforts. This paper also provides a summary of concept development findings with a focus on extensibility to future mission applications and risk reduction and early testing of astronaut extra-vehicular activities.

Keywords

aerospace propulsion; asteroids; electric propulsion; Asteroid Redirect Mission preformulation concept development efforts; NASA Asteroid Redirect Mission concept development summary; advanced solar electric propulsion component; asteroid capture option trades; astronaut extra-vehicular activities; concept development findings; design drivers; flight system concepts; future mission applications; mission architecture; risk reduction efforts; system options; NASA; Orbits; Propulsion; Radar; Robot sensing systems; Space vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Conference, 2015 IEEE

Conference_Location

Big Sky, MT

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-5379-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.2015.7119163

Filename

7119163