Interplanetary Terminal Procedure Design Applied to Lunar Landing

Abstract

The impending NASA Artemis mission to the Moon will enable deep space exploration. The planned cadence of crewed Moon missions under Artemis necessitates scalable, safe lunar landings. This paper describes the development of Interplanetary Terminal Procedure Design (iTERP) which leverages current terminal procedure design criteria augmented with lunar physics to support the exploration of the Moon, Mars and beyond. The iTERPS model combines lessons learned from decades of commercial airspace operations with novelties of human space exploration on other worlds. This paper will highlight some of the key functional areas in procedure design safety, training, and operations reimagined for human space flight.