Into the Beyond: A Crewed Mission to a Near-Earth Object - NASA
Into the Beyond: A Crewed Mission to a Near-Earth Object - NASA
Into the Beyond: A Crewed Mission to a Near-Earth Object - NASA
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djk 9/20/07 .<br />
“Lower Bookend” <strong>Near</strong>-<strong>Earth</strong> <strong>Object</strong> (NEO) <strong>Crewed</strong> <strong>Mission</strong><br />
Centaur US / Orion SM provides <strong>Earth</strong> Departure, NEO Arrival, and <strong>Earth</strong> Return δV<br />
Assumes 2 Crew w/ Telerobotic<br />
Exploration and EVA<br />
NEO Heliocentric Orbit<br />
EARTH<br />
Low<br />
<strong>Earth</strong><br />
Orbit<br />
Centaur US<br />
Centaur US<br />
Expended<br />
~20-75 Day<br />
Outbound<br />
Segment<br />
CEV<br />
Orion SM Performs<br />
NEO Rendezvous<br />
EOR<br />
NEO<br />
Note - Centaur modifications:<br />
• Boil off mitigation<br />
• Docking adapter<br />
7-14 Day<br />
NEO Visit<br />
Orion SM completes<br />
Trans NEO Injection<br />
Centaur US initiates<br />
Trans NEO Injection<br />
Vehicles are not <strong>to</strong> scale.<br />
<strong>In<strong>to</strong></strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Beyond</strong>: A <strong>Crewed</strong> <strong>Mission</strong> <strong>to</strong> a <strong>Near</strong>-<strong>Earth</strong> <strong>Object</strong> :: International Astronomical Congress 2007<br />
Orion SM performs<br />
<strong>Earth</strong> Return burn<br />
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