AoT Rocket City Challenges of Landing on the Moon

Panel Includes:

Dr. Tom Percy – Acting Deputy Manager, Human Landing System Program

Dr. Daniel Stubbs – Aerospace Engineer, Aerosciences Branch

Wil Cartagena – SpaceX Insight Manager, Human Landing System Program

John Crisler – Chief Safety & Mission Assurance Officer, Human Landing System Program

Just like during the Apollo missions of the 1960s and ‘70s, Huntsville’s Marshall Space Flight Center is a key player in landing astronauts on the Moon as part of the Artemis campaign. The Human Landing System (HLS) Program, managed at Marshall, leverages the center’s 65 years of engineering expertise to support U.S. industry as they develop the landers that will transport crew to the lunar surface. The physics of getting to the Moon are the same as during Apollo, but the rockets, spacecraft, spacesuits, and computer power – and even the contractors building the systems — are a whole new ball game! Join us as a panel of experts discuss several of the primary challenges associated with landing on the Moon that the HLS program is working with industry to overcome.