2022-03-15
PUNCH has passed its Critical Design Review, a major milestone in the course of the mission. The three-day design review was a hybrid
meeting, held in person at SwRI headquarters in San Antonio, TX, March 1-3. The team presented current mission design, and fabrication,
integration, and test plans, to representatives from NASA and from the mission’s independent Standing Review Board. This was the first
mission milestone meeting to be held in-person, since the initial Phase B kickoff meeting held in 2019 immediately after selection.