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.

Exploration Medical Capability

The Exploration Medical Capability (ExMC) Element develops medical and information technologies to support crew health and performance, and develops guidelines for the integration of medical considerations into habitat, campaign, and mission design.

Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) Strategic Analysis

The STMD Strategic Analysis Support team provides strategic analysis and integration support to result in a more strategic, higher-impact space technology portfolio that advances U.S. commercial space, science, and human exploration activities.

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 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts – Academic Linkages (RASC-AL) program – the special Mars Ice Challenge edition – provides university engineering students an opportunity to design, build, and test a prototype for retrieving water from simulated Martian subsurface ice.

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.

More SMAB Projects

See miscellaneous current and former SMAB projects.