Goddard Engineering and Technology Directorate

core Flight Software (cFS) is Supporting Blue Origin

NASA’s SPLICE descent and landing computer (foreground) and navigation Doppler lidar engineering test unit (background) undergo preparations for a suborbital flight test. Credits: Blue Origin
NASA’s SPLICE descent and landing computer (foreground) and navigation Doppler lidar engineering test unit (background) undergo preparations for a suborbital flight test. Credit: Blue Origin

Human Landing System and Core Flight Software (cFS)

Core Flight Software (cFS) is supporting Blue Origin as part of their Human Landing System solution. Support includes consulting and software modification agreements. cFS is an open source, human-rated reusable flight software architecture and system, including numerous flight software applications, being used on many missions within and outside of NASA.

NASA’s Safe and Precise Landing Integrated Capabilities Evolution (SPLICE) project is developing sensor, algorithm, and compute technologies for precision landing and hazard avoidance. These technologies are being tested as an integrated Precision Landing and Hazard Avoidance (PL&HA) system on Blue Origin’s New Shephard suborbital vehicle. The SPLICE software uses the Core Flight System (cFS) framework.