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Autonomous Planetary Rover Navigation and Crater‐Based Map Augmentation for Path Planning and Rock Localization Using Space ROS

Engineering Reports, Volume 8, Issue 3, March 2026.
Autonomous planetary rovers operate in GPS‐denied, low‐texture, crater‐rich environments where traditional SLAM‐based navigation systems suffer from localization drift and unreliable obstacle handling. To address these challenges, this work proposes a Space‐ROS–based autonomous navigation framework integrating ROS2 with the NAV2 stack, RTAB‐Map visual ...
Imnul Haque Ruman Talukder, Hrittik Mural, S. M. Fahim Faisal, Avishak Talukdar, Shishir Chandra Das, Mumit Hassan   +5 more
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Effect of Boulder‐Size Distributions on Thermally Derived Rock Abundances on the Moon

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 131, Issue 3, March 2026.
Abstract Rock abundance, defined as the surface's fractional area covered by rocks, is used to characterize the Moon's regolith, decipher its impact history, and assess potential landing sites. By definition, it should be agnostic to rock‐size distributions. However, it has been suggested that rock abundances, derived from surface temperatures measured
Brian Amaro, Nils Prieur, Lior Rubanenko, Paul Hayne, Mathieu Lapôtre   +4 more
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MULTI-FACTOR ANALYSIS FOR SELECTING LUNAR EXPLORATION SOFT LANDING AREA AND THE BEST CRUISE ROUTE [PDF]

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2018
Selecting the right soft landing area and planning a reasonable cruise route are the basic tasks of lunar exploration. In this paper, the Von Karman crater in the Antarctic Aitken basin on the back of the moon is used as the study area, and multi-factor ...
N. Mou, N. Mou, J. Li, Z. Meng, L. Zhang, W. Liu   +5 more
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Visible‐Shortwave Infrared (VSWIR) Spectral Parameters for the Lunar Trailblazer High‐Resolution Volatiles and Minerals Moon Mapper (HVM3)

Earth and Space Science, Volume 13, Issue 3, March 2026.
Abstract The Lunar Trailblazer smallsat mission High‐resolution Volatiles and Minerals Moon Mapper (HVM3) science instrument was designed to acquire targeted spectral image cubes of the lunar surface at visible to shortwave infrared (VSWIR) wavelengths (0.6–3.6 μm) in an effort to understand the distribution, abundance, and form (OH, H2O, ice) of lunar
Angela M. Dapremont, Rachel L. Klima, Kierra A. Wilk, Bethany L. Ehlmann, Christopher S. Edwards, Kerri L. Donaldson Hanna, Valeriya Kachmar, Laura Lee, Jasper K. Miura, Carlé M. Pieters, Erin Pimentel, Katherine A. Shirley, David R. Thompson, Isabelle Adamczewski   +13 more
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Diurnal Temperature Variability at Latitudinally Distinct Sites on the Moon

Earth and Space Science, Volume 13, Issue 3, March 2026.
Abstract The thermophysical environment of the Moon plays a crucial role for future exploration, resource utilization and also in understanding its geological evolution. While global‐scale surface temperature distributions have been reasonably well constrained through numerical modeling and orbiter observations, recent in situ measurements have ...
G. Ambily, K. Durga Prasad, Y. Ramakrishna   +2 more
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Exploring the Formation and Age of Irregular Mare Patches (IMPs) to the Southeast of the Chang'e‐5 Landing Site

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 131, Issue 3, March 2026.
Abstract Recently, possible exceptionally young mare volcanic glass beads were discovered in Chang'e‐5 (CE‐5) samples. Isotopic dating suggests an age of approximately 120 Ma, presenting new challenges to existing lunar thermal evolution models. Thus, our research focuses on the source region of Rima Mairan, a branch of Rima Sharp, and its surrounding ...
Zhonglu Lei, Zhizhong Kang, Teng Hu, C. H. van der Bogert, Jinghao Cai, Xiaojian Xu, Harald Hiesinger   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identification of small impact craters in Chang’e-4 landing areas using a new multi-scale fusion crater detection algorithm

Earth and Planetary Physics
Impact craters are important for understanding the evolution of lunar geologic and surface erosion rates, among other functions. However, the morphological characteristics of these micro impact craters are not obvious and they are numerous, resulting in ...
FangChao Liu, HuiWen Liu, Li Zhang, Jian Chen, DiJun Guo, Bo Li, ChangQing Liu, ZongCheng Ling, Ying-Bo Lu, JunSheng Yao   +9 more
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Exploring the Interior Structure of (16) Psyche Through Basin‐Scale Collisions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 131, Issue 3, March 2026.
Abstract Asteroid (16) Psyche, the largest member of the M/X‐type asteroids, may be the leftover core of a differentiated planetesimal. As such (16) Psyche will be explored in detail by NASA's discovery‐class Psyche mission in 2029. This will be the first mission to orbit a metal‐rich asteroid, or any asteroid in the 100–500 km size range.
Namya Baijal, Erik Asphaug, C. Adeene Denton, Martin Jutzi, Sabina Raducan, Saverio Cambioni, Linda T. Elkins‐Tanton, Amanda Alexander   +7 more
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Degenerate optimization problems of economy and power engineering

Nuclear Energy and Technology, 2015
Optimization of large economy and power engineering systems leads to degenerate solutions of a high dimensionality. This is a very strong mathematical complication.
A.V. Klimenko
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Life on Mars? The physiological perspective

Experimental Physiology, EarlyView.
Ronan M. G. Berg, Damian M. Bailey
wiley   +1 more source