MoonRanger Mission Control Software
Team
Timeline
My Role
2 UX Designers
2 Visual Designers
2 Planetary Scientist
4 Software Developers
3 Months
UX Designer - User Interviews, Insight Generation, Ideation, User Flows, Interaction Design, Visual Design, Rapid Prototyping
Overview
NASA, along with Carnegie Mellon University to developing a lunar rover mission called MoonRanger to circumnavigate the moon's north pole scheduled for launch in 2028
Currently, scientists use a terminal interface to send commands to the rover and receive telemetry from a test rover. An intuitiv
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The Problem
Project Context
MoonRanger is a lunar rover being designed to identify ice on the Moon's north pole
Project Context
The project team is testing key functionalities on a test rover
Project Context
Project scientists currently use a terminal interface to communicate with the test rover
Project Context
The interface is archaic and not the best of operators to use while on the real mission