A Case Study in the Mars Landing Site Selection for Science Objects [PDF]
Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2012 It is a crucial matter to select a landing site for landers or rovers in planning the Mars exploration. The landing site must have not only a scientific value as a landing site, but also geographical features to lead a safe landing for Mars probes.
Haingja Seo +5 more
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Optimized Landing Site Selection at the Lunar South Pole: A Convolutional Neural Network Approach
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote SensingThe identification of optimal landing sites is a critical first step for successful missions to the Moon and other extraterrestrial bodies, necessitating the integration of various environmental factors over large spatial scales. At the lunar south pole,
Yongjiu Feng +14 more
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A Multiagent Decision-Making Model for Martian Landing Site Selection
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote SensingSelecting suitable landing sites on Mars remains one of the key challenges due to the complex terrain of Mars and the diverse scientific objectives in Mars exploration missions.
Rong Wang +10 more
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Analytical landing trajectories for embedded autonomy [PDF]
, 2010 This paper considers an optimal guidance law for the initial braking phase of a soft landing mission on a celestial body without atmosphere in which boundary conditions on height and velocity are specifed. The optimal lander attitude for the minimum fuel
Jing, W.X. +5 more
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Selection of Lunar South Pole Landing Site Based on Constructing and Analyzing Fuzzy Cognitive Maps
Remote Sensing, 2022 The Permanently Shadowed Regions (PSRs) of the lunar south pole have never been directly sampled. To explore and discover lunar resources, the Chinese lunar south pole exploration mission is scheduled to land in direct sunlight near the PSR, where ...
Yutong Jia +4 more
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SIMULATION EXPERIMENT ON LANDING SITE SELECTION USING A SIMPLE GEOMETRIC APPROACH [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2017 Safe landing is an important part of the planetary exploration mission. Even fine scale terrain hazards (such as rocks, small craters, steep slopes, which would not be accurately detected from orbital reconnaissance) could also pose a serious risk on ...
W. Zhao +9 more
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LANDSAFE: LANDING SITE RISK ANALYSIS SOFTWARE FRAMEWORK [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2012 The European Space Agency (ESA) is planning a Lunar Lander mission in the 2018 timeframe that will demonstrate precise soft landing at the polar regions of the Moon.
R. Schmidt +7 more
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Helicopter Takeoff and Landing Point Location in Cities for Emergency Services
Applied Sciences, 2022 In low-altitude rescue, civilian helicopters, relying on their speed, efficiency and flexibility, play at center stage. Due to the terrain restrictions of the disaster area, it is difficult for helicopters to carry out safe and efficient rescue in cities.
Bin Hu, Xingyuan Chen, Songchen Han
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Rock Abundance and Erosion Rate at the Zhurong Landing Site in Southern Utopia Planitia on Mars
Earth and Space Science, 2022 Rocks on the Martian surface exhibit signatures of geological activities. Rock distribution is also an important factor for landing site selection for exploration missions.
Zeyu Chen +7 more
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Benchmark Analysis of Semantic Segmentation Algorithms for Safe Planetary Landing Site Selection
IEEE Access, 2022 This paper presents an in-depth analysis of state-of-the-art semantic segmentation algorithms applied to spacecraft safe planetary landing via hazard detection and avoidance.
Thomas Claudet, Kento Tomita, Koki Ho
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