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Panel 5: Simulations and Training Go for Lunar Landing: From Terminal Descent to Touchdown March 5, 2008 - Tempe, AZ. Henry Hoeh Northrop Grumman Corporation Integrated System - Bethpage, NY. Apollo Lunar Module Design Evolution.
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Panel 5: Simulations and TrainingGo for Lunar Landing: From Terminal Descent to TouchdownMarch 5, 2008 -Tempe, AZ Henry Hoeh Northrop Grumman Corporation Integrated System - Bethpage, NY
Apollo Lunar Module Design Evolution Proposal 1963 1965 Final Original LM Cabin with Seats • Proposal Design was a Starting Point for Additional Development • Mockups, Simulations and Test Articles Helped Drive Design: • Optimize Human Machine Interfaces (HMI) • Optimize CONOPS • Provide Crew Training • Simulations: • Validated GN&C Operational Performance • Validated Crew Interaction with the GN&C Hardware/Software • Provided Crew Mission Training • Performed Stand-by Mission Support • Performed Flight Anomaly Resolution
Apollo LM Mockups, Test Models, Test Articles, Sims & Flight Vehicles LTA-8 Vacuum Test TM-1 Interior TM-1 Lunar Access Tests M-1 Controller tests 1/6 Descent Stage Landing Stability Drop Test Article Flying Simulator M-5 Mobility Tests
Apollo LM Mockups, Test Models, Test Articles, Sims & Flight Vehicles (cont.) • 6 Mockups (M) • 15 Test Models (TM) • 6+ Simulations (4+ Grumman,1+ NASA, 1+ Draper) • 8 Lunar Module Test Articles (LTA) • 5 LLRV/LLTVs LM Rendezvous & Docking Simulator NASA CSM & LM Simulators
Cockpit Mockup Optical Alignment of Lunar Surface Representations in Simulator Flight Attitude Table Artist Paints Crater Details for Simulator Lunar Surface Apollo Lunar Module Full Mission Engineering Simulator (FMES)
Apollo-era Outpost Concept Full-Scale Lunar Laboratory at Grumman Facility in Calverton, NY
Example of Modern Sim (& GN&C) Tech • F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) STOVL Config • Modern Design & Technology Implied to a Vertical Landing Vehicle • Simulators Very Representative of Flight Vehicle • GN&C Design Employs Dynamic Inversion & Multi-Variable Control • Not Suggesting the F-35 Be Used as a LLTV