Design and Analysis of Morpheus Lander Flight Control System

• Published in: NASA Center for AeroSpace Information (CASI). Conference Proceedings
• Main Authors: Jang, Jiann-Woei, Yang, Lee, Fritz, Mathew, Nguyen, Louis H, Johnson, Wyatt R, Hart, Jeremy J
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Hampton NASA/Langley Research Center 04.08.2014
• Subjects: Attitude control; Attitude stability; Autonomous navigation; Computer simulation; Control stability; Control systems; Control systems design; Design engineering; Design optimization; Dynamic stability; Flight control systems; Rigid structures; Rigid-body dynamics; Robustness (mathematics); Stability analysis; Vertical landing; Vertical takeoff

The Morpheus Lander is a vertical takeoff and landing test bed vehicle developed to demonstrate the system performance of the Guidance, Navigation and Control (GN&C) system capability for the integrated autonomous landing and hazard avoidance system hardware and software. The Morpheus flight con...