LEAPFROG Gen-0

LEAPFROG: Lunar Entry and Approach Platform for Research on Ground is an on-going project at the Astronautics Division in University of Southern California, Los Angeles. It's a low cost risk reduction platform for testing lunar landing systems. The lander was designed around the initial requirements for repeatable three minute untethered flights, COTS component construction, and to be completely built and integrated by students. This proof of concept was designed as a stepping stone to a generation-one prototype test bed with increased flight time and payload capacity.

This project is managed by David Barnhart and was started in Fall-06 and the first free flight test was successfully carried out on March-20

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Science & Technology

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• LEAPFROG
• Lunar Lander