Preliminary Design Review for Dynetics HLS Completed
The Preliminary Design Review (PDR) of the Dynetics Human Landing System (HLS) for NASA's Artemis Program has been completed, marking another critical milestone in human spaceflight. This review provided NASA with insight into the design of the human lander that Dynetics hopes will carry the first woman and the next man to the Moon.
"This is another step toward the lunar surface. The Preliminary Design Review confirmed that our team is ready to proceed with a detailed design as we approach the next milestone, Critical Design Review.
Kim Doering, vice president of Space Systems at Dynetics.
"This review, a culmination of nine months of intense design and analysis, included a robust portfolio of development and risk reduction testing," said Robert Wright, Dynetics HLS program manager. "The Preliminary Design Review demonstrated that our team's preliminary lander design meets all the system requirements with acceptable risk while remaining within current cost and schedule constraints."
Additionally, the team presented detailed technical descriptions of design trades, analyses conducted, and a design status to NASA. Verification methods were also explained.
"This is another step toward the lunar surface," said Kim Doering, vice president of Space Systems at Dynetics. "The Preliminary Design Review confirmed that our team is ready to proceed with a detailed design as we approach the next milestone, Critical Design Review. This is yet another notable review that brings us one step closer to landing the next Americans on the moon."
The Dynetics team has successfully completed four reviews in the short, 10-month initial Base phase – a systems requirements review, a certification baseline review, the continuation review, and now the preliminary design review.
The Dynetics HLS (DHLS) test article, located in Huntsville, AL. The test article includes the crew module, autonomous logistics platform for all-moon cargo access (ALPACA), ascent and descent propellant tanks and deployable solar arrays. This low-slung design could allow for easier and safer access to the lunar surface. Dynetics is one of three prime contractors selected to design an integrated lander system for the NASA Artemis Human Landing System Program managed at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. The company will compete to build a system to take the first woman and next man to the lunar surface by 2024 under NASA's Artemis program.
(Source: Dynetics news release. Images courtesy Dynetics)