autoNGC: One Small High-Fidelity Testbed, One Giant Leap for Autonomous GN&C at the Moon

Presenter Information

• Sean Semper, Goddard Space Flight CenterFollow
• Justin Clavette, ADNET Systems
• Katherine Fowee Gasaway, Goddard Space Flight Center
• Hossein Mohammadkhan, Goddard Space Flight Center
• Nickalas Cason, Goddard Space Flight Center
• Liam Greenlee, Aurora Engineering
• Joseph Patton, Aurora Engineering
• Grant Ryden, Goddard Space Flight Center
• Behnam Azimi, Goddard Space Flight Center
• Michael Romeo, Goddard Space Flight Center
• Sun Hur Diaz, Goddard Space Flight Center

Session

Poster Session 4

Location

Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT

Abstract

Objective:  

• Sustained human presence at Moon/Mars requires autonomous navigation  
• Reduce dependency on human-in-the-loop ground control  
• Enable onboard rapid GN&C in cislunar environment  
• Support multiple measurement types for robust navigation 

Document Type

Event