Automation and robotics for the Space Exploration Initiative: Results from Project Outreach [PDF]
A total of 52 submissions were received in the Automation and Robotics (A&R) area during Project Outreach. About half of the submissions (24) contained concepts that were judged to have high utility for the Space Exploration Initiative (SEI) and were ...
Criswell, D., Gonzales, D., Heer, E.
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Satellite Navigation of a Lunar Rover with Sensor Fusion for High-Accuracy Navigation
AerospaceThe Moon has become the focus of renewed interest for numerous space agencies and private companies worldwide. In the coming years, various scientific and commercial missions are planned, with a particular emphasis on exploring the South Pole.
Marco Sabatini +5 more
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The Quickest, Lowest-cost Lunar Resource Assessment Program: Integrated High-tech Earth-based Astronomy [PDF]
Science and technology applications for the Moon have not fully kept pace with technical advancements in sensor development and analytical information extraction capabilities. Appropriate unanswered questions for the Moon abound, but until recently there
Pieters, Carle M.
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AerospaceIn lunar exploration missions, rovers must navigate multiple waypoints within strict time constraints while avoiding dynamic obstacles, demanding real-time, collision-free path planning.
Wei Liu, Gang Wan, Jia Liu, Dianwei Cong
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The Sudbury-Serenitatis analogy and 'so-called' pristine nonmare rocks [PDF]
The Serenitatis Basin is the one lunar basin from which we confidently identify a suite of samples as pieces of the impact melt sheet: the distinctive Apollo 17 noritic breccias.
Warren, Paul H.
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Power requirements for the first lunar outpost (FLO) [PDF]
NASA's Exploration Program Office is currently developing a preliminary reference mission description that lays the framework from which the nation can return to the Moon by the end of the decade.
Bozek, John M., Cataldo, Robert L.
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CIS-lunar space infrastructure lunar technologies: Executive summary [PDF]
Technologies necessary for the creation of a cis-Lunar infrastructure, namely: (1) automation and robotics; (2) life support systems; (3) fluid management; (4) propulsion; and (5) rotating technologies, are explored.
Faller, W. +4 more
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Lunar Terrain Construction and Application for Lunar Rover
Information Technology Journal, 2013 Zhao Yibing +4 more
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Enabling Dynamic Vehicle Analyses With Improved Atmospheric Attenuation Models in Glenn Research Center Communication Analysis Suite [PDF]
To aid in meeting the NASA objective of returning humans to the Moon, the Glenn Research Centers Communication Analysis Suite was augmented with two distinct capabilities. The first capability added was the vehicle propagator. This allows the addition of
Vitez, Cory T., Welch, Bryan W.
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Drill/borescope System for the Mars Polar Pathfinder [PDF]
The primary goals of the Mars Polar Pathfinder (MPP) Discovery Mission are to characterize the composition and structure of Mars' north polar ice cap, and to determine whether a climate record may be preserved in layers of ice and dust.
Paige, D. A. +2 more
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