Organisers: Dr Hossein Zare-Behtash, Dr. Andrea Cammarono, and Dr. Gilles Bailet

Where: Lecture Theatre G59, Kelvin Hall, 1445 Argyle Street, G3 8AW Glasgow, UK

When: August 24th, 2pm - 4:30pm

Agenda:

- Space and Exploration Technology group at the University of Glasgow - Professor Colin McInnes

- Plume surface interaction and dust resilience research at the University of Glasgow - Dr Hossein Zare-Behtash and Dr. Andrea Cammarono

- Overview and Status of Entry, Descent, and Landing at NASA - Dr Ashley Korzun

- An overview of plume-surface interaction testing and research - Dr Wesley Chamfers

Abstracts:

Overview and Status of Entry, Descent, and Landing at NASA

Entry, Descent, and Landing (EDL) is a key capability at NASA enabling space mission success. EDL technology development supports NASA’s human, planetary, and commercial exploration objectives as we return to and explore new planetary destinations. This seminar will highlight the EDL phases of NASA missions in development and discussion maturation of critical technologies that enable human exploration goals and meet priorities of the Planetary Science Decadal Survey.

An overview of plume-surface interaction testing and research

NASA has studied rocket plume-surface interactions caused by spacecraft since the Apollo era to reduce risk to landing vehicles. The study of plume-surface interactions is a multi-discipline effort, spanning aerospace engineering to planetary science. Historical testing for Apollo and Viking produced methods, terms, and datasets that influence the field today. Research conducted over the past two decades has expanded our understanding of plume-surface interaction phenomena, but the problem remains resistant to a robust predictive capability. Contemporary experimental and modeling efforts to understand and retire strategic knowledge gaps will be discussed, with a focus on work conducted under NASA’s Plume-Surface Interaction Project and the upcoming Human Landing System Plume-Surface Interaction Risk Reduction Ground Test.

University of Glasgow event link: https://www.gla.ac.uk/events/listings/index.html/event/13012