Space Mission Analysis Branch – Projects

HAVOC

High Altitude Venus Operational Concept (HAVOC) led to the development of an evolutionary program for the exploration of Venus, with focus on the mission architecture and vehicle concept for a 30 day crewed mission into Venus’s atmosphere.

Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) Strategic Analysis

The STMD Strategic Analysis Support team provides analysis and integration support to advances in U.S. commercial space, science, and human exploration activities.

Exploration Medical Capability

The Exploration Medical Capability (ExMC) Element develops medical and information technologies to support astronauts during space missions.

Cost and Affordability Analysis

To effectively assist decision makers in making the most informed decisions possible, the benefits, economic costs, and risks of alternatives must all be assessed.

RASC-AL: Mars Ice Challenge

The Mars Ice Challenge provides university engineering students an opportunity to design, build, and test a prototype for retrieving water from simulated Martian subsurface ice.

Office of Chief Technologist (OCT) Strategic Analysis

Strategic Analysis for the Office of Chief Technologist

The Office of the Chief Technologist (OCT) Science and Technology (S&T) Partnership is a unique cooperation between governmental agencies with the goal of finding common areas for collaboration. NASA Langley supports in-space assembly concepts.

Mars Integration Group

Coming soon

CLARREO Pathfinder

$Climate Absolute Radiance and Refractivity Observatory (CLARREO) Pathfinder$

The Climate Absolute Radiance and Refractory Observatory (CLARREO) aims to produce highly accurate climate measurements to test climate projections, improve weather models, and inform policy makers.

Gateway Lunar Outpost

An advanced space station orbiting the moon named Gateway that will serve as the home base for missions to the moon’s surface.

NextSTEP Habitat Integrated Analysis

Coming soon

Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM)

Arm is the first ever mission to capture and re-direct asteroids safely into Earth’s orbit.

A-CCP

Coming soon