Certification guide: Planetary Descent Endorsement

The Planetary Descent Endorsement is issued by the IFSB with the Mars Settlement Landing Board and sits in the endorsement category. It authorises the following: Crewed powered descents and ascents in the Cascade Dropship to prepared and unprepared sites on Mars, Luna and Titan.

To qualify, candidates need the following: Commercial Pilot Licence (Orbital), 400 hours as pilot in command, 110 simulator hours, 24 powered descents to unprepared ground and Landing check ride with abort to orbit.

The full handbook, including the check ride marking scheme, is published at https://handbook.lumen-academy.example/planetary-descent-endorsement.