The Virtual Mission project at JPL employs modeling and simulation technology to create a software-based mission lifecycle in order to validate the mission system design in a comprehensive manner. The Virtual Mission Lifecycle develops subsystem behavior models based on performance and operation properties of each subsystem, integrates the subsystem models via an operation executive, and executes realistic observation scenarios by providing a synthetic mission environment.

Future NASA In-situ missions involving multiple spacecraft systems, rovers, and integrated science instrument systems require an elaborate modeling and simulation technology.

The three key-features of Distributed In-situ mission simulation are:

• Lifecycle Evolution of for stream-lined mission lifecycle tracking
  
  
• Intelligent Mission Model Agents for remote access and efficient
  sharing of mission design products
  
  
• Active mission modeling for On-board autonomy

Team members: Meemong Lee, Wenwen Lu, Jeng Yen, Roberto Mendoz

Additional Information:

JPL Modeling and Simulation Program