A Flexible Lunar Architecture for Exploration (FLARE) supporting NASA's Artemis Program

• Published in: Acta Astronautica
• Main Authors: Evans, Michael E., Graham, Lee D.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: IAA. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2020
• Subjects: Article; Orion; South Pole; Ula; South pole
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7385728/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2020.07.032

The Flexible Lunar Architecture for Exploration (FLARE) is a concept to deliver four crew to the lunar surface for a minimum of seven days and then return them safely to Earth. FLARE can be implemented whenever the component vehicles are operational. FLARE was developed as an alternative to NASA...