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Program Overview:
The NASA LSPACE Mission Concept Academy is a15-week virtual program focused on NASA mission planning & design, where teams develop a preliminary space mission concept from Pre-Phase A to Phase B of the NASA mission lifecycle. Various skills are tought through trainings covering Requirements, Project Management, Systems Topics, Heat Transfer, Risk Management, and Siemens NX CAD. It also includes weekly training sessions with NASA & industry scientists/engineers.
Mission Summary:
Team 23's mission concept revolves around the concept called ICEBREAKER: In-Situ Characterization & Evaluation of Buried Resources for Exploration And Knowledge of Environmental Regolith. The goal is to serve as the first mission to physically validate, characterize, and analyze shallow subsurface ice. ICEBREAKER will gather shallow ice samples with the use of a deployable robotic rover, equipped with a suite of geophysical and environmental instruments. The rover will also be able to analyze these ice samples in situ for salinity, pH, particulate composition, ice content, and volatile retention, using onboard analytical instruments to assess habitability and ISRU readiness. Additionally, ICEBREAKER will conduct detailed environmental hazard assessments to support site certification for human landing zones and astronaut safety assurances through evaluation of natural terrain-based shielding effectiveness, contributing data directly to astronaut radiation risk models.
Click below to view deliverables and contributed sections:
Team #23 Mission Concept Review (MCR) Summer '25.pdfMission Concept Review (MCR)
Contribution
1.6 System Evaluation Criteria
Team #23 Systems Requirements Review (SRR) Summer '25.pdfSystem Requirements Review (SRR)
Contribution:
1.5.1 Spacecraft (S/C) Overview
1.5.6 Payload Subsystem
1.5.8 Interface Control
Team #23 Mission Definition Review (MDR) Summer '25.pdfMission Definition Review (MDR)
Contribution:
1.7 Manufacturing and Procurement Plans (Payload)
1.8.2 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) (Payload)
1.8.3 Personnel Hazards (Payload)
1.10.6 Direct Costs (Payload)
NASA L'SPACE Team 23 PDR.pdfPreliminary Design Review (PDR)
Contribution:
1.5 Concept of Operations
1.6 Vehicle Design Summary
1.7 Science Instrumentation Summary
2.1 Spacecraft Overview
2.1.5 Payload Subsystem
2.2 Interface Control
3.3 Payload Success Criteria
3.4 Testing and Calibration Measurements
3.5 Precision and Accuracy of Instrumentation
3.6 Expected Data & Analysis
N^2 Diagram
N^2 Diagram
Block Diagram
Block Diagram
Concept of Operations
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