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This paper describes low-latency teleoperations (LLT) analyses performed by the NASA Human Spaceflight Architecture Team (HAT), as part of the Evolvable Mars Campaign (EMC). We will cover a variety of mission operations concepts and activities, including task details such as assumptions, sequences, timelines, and potential work systems. We will also present a preliminary task prioritization and potential...
The Biologic Analog Science Associated with Lava Terrains (BASALT) project is a multi-year program dedicated to iteratively develop, implement, and evaluate concepts of operations (ConOps) and supporting capabilities intended to enable and enhance human scientific exploration of Mars. This paper describes the planning, execution, and initial results from the first field deployment, referred to as...
NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) is an underwater spaceflight analog that provides a true mission-like operational environment for aquanauts living in the Aquarius undersea habitat for up to several weeks at a time. During these analog missions, aquanauts go out on multi-hour extravehicular activities (EVAs) and use buoyancy effects and added weight to simulate different gravity...
The Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV) is the largest indivisible payload and has the largest “gear ratio” in NASA's Evolvable Mars Campaign (EMC) architecture. For this reason, the mass and related volume of the MAV cabin drives requirements for Mars Surface In-Situ Resource Utilization generators to manufacture propellants, which: drives the surface power needs, sets the Lander payload size, drives the in-space...
Phobos is a scientifically interesting destination which offers engineering, operational and public outreach activities that could enhance subsequent Mars surface missions. A Phobos mission would serve to facilitate the development of the human-based Mars transportation infrastructure, unmanned cargo delivery systems, as well as habitation and exploration assets that would be directly relevant to...
NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) is an underwater spaceflight analog that allows a true mission-like operational environment and uses buoyancy effects and added weight to simulate different gravity levels. Three missions were undertaken from 2014–2015, NEEMO 18–20. All missions were performed at the Florida International University's Aquarius Reef Base, an undersea research habitat...
This study developed, analyzed, and compared mission architectures for human exploration of Mars' moons within the context of an Evolvable Mars Campaign. METHODS: All trades assumed conjunction class missions to Phobos (approximately 500 days in Mars system) as it was considered the driving case for the transportation architecture. All architectures assumed that the Mars transit habitat would remain...
The Desert Research and Technology Studies (D-RATS) 2011 field test involved the planning and execution of a series of exploration scenarios under operational conditions similar to those expected during a human exploration mission to a near-Earth asteroid (NEA). The focus was on understanding the operations tempo during simulated NEA exploration and the implications of communications latency and limited...
The NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) 15 mission was focused on evaluating techniques for exploring near-Earth asteroids (NEAs). It began with a University of Delaware autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) systematically mapping the coral reef for hundreds of meters surrounding the Aquarius habitat. This activity is akin to the type of “far-field survey” approach that may be used by...
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