C++ Aerospace Vehicle Modeling Software

This collection of C++ classes allows users to create and simulate aerospace vehicle models that are needed to test prototyped display software. A software model of the Apollo LEM spacecraft was developed on a Windows-based PC, and was used for initial testing and research of cockpit displays. The model was later updated to the current Altair configuration — the name of NASA’s next lunar lander. The software models the Moon geometry based on Clementine data and lunar gravity in a 6-degrees-of-freedom (DOF) model. The mass/inertias are modeled from the current, known data of the latest released Altair model.