Mini-sims validate displays and procedures for future Orion flights

The Orion Rapid Prototype Lab (RPL) team conducted the fifth in a series of “mini-sims” with NASA astronauts and a small team of flight controllers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in May. The team designed and executed complex and innovative simulations of the newly prototyped Orion crew on-orbit burn display formats and electronic procedures. The RPL team gained valuable experience using these displays and procedures in a more realistic scenario with crew members and the ground control team. These evaluations will help to validate or identify areas needing updates to ensure key changes can be made earlier and more economically in the software development cycle.

The team consisted of members from Aerospace Applications North America, Barrios Technology, Ames Research Center and interns from NASA and SGT.




Views taken during a lunar trajectory burn mini-sim at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Astronauts Raja Chari and Jeanette Epps are visible during the simulation. Image Credits: NASA/Norah Moran