Space Radiation Protection Countermeasures in Microgravity and Planetary Exploration [PDF]
Life (Basel), 2021 Background: Space radiation is one of the principal environmental factors limiting the human tolerance for space travel, and therefore a primary risk in need of mitigation strategies to enable crewed exploration of the solar system. Methods: We summarize
Carlos A Montesinos +10 more
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Mass spectrometry and planetary exploration: A brief review and future projection [PDF]
J Mass Spectrom, 2019 Since the inception of mass spectrometry more than a century ago, the field has matured as analytical capabilities have progressed, instrument configurations multiplied, and applications proliferated.
R. Arevalo, Z. Ni, R. Danell
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Terrain-Dependent Slip Risk Prediction for Planetary Exploration Rovers
Robotica, 2021 SUMMARY Wheel slip prediction on rough terrain is crucial for secure, long-term operations of planetary exploration rovers. Although rough, unstructured terrain hampers mobility, prediction by modeling wheel–terrain interactions remains difficult owing ...
Masafumi Endo +2 more
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Definition and Use of Functional Analogues in Planetary Exploration
Planetary and Space Science, 2021 The practical limitations inherent to human and robotic planetary exploration necessitate the development of specific protocols, instrumentations and methods.
Sara Russell +2 more
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SPEX: the Spectropolarimeter for Planetary Exploration [PDF]
SPIE Proceedings, 2017 We present SPEX, the Spectropolarimeter for Planetary Exploration, which is a compact, robust and low-mass spectropolarimeter designed to operate from an orbiting or in situ platform. Its purpose is to simultaneously measure the radiance and the state (degree and angle) of linear polarization of sunlight that has been scattered in a planetary ...
J. Rietjens +12 more
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Deep Multi-Layer Perception Based Terrain Classification for Planetary Exploration Rovers [PDF]
Sensors (Basel), 2019 Accurate classification and identification of the detected terrain is the basis for the long-distance patrol mission of the planetary rover. But terrain measurement based on vision and radar is subject to conditions such as light changes and dust storms.
Cheng-Chao Bai +3 more
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Hopping in hypogravity—A rationale for a plyometric exercise countermeasure in planetary exploration missions [PDF]
PLoS One, 2019 Moon and Mars are considered to be future targets for human space explorations. The gravity level on the Moon and Mars amount to 16% and 38%, respectively, of Earth’s gravity.
T. Weber +6 more
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Using Science-Driven Analog Research to Investigate Extravehicular Activity Science Operations Concepts and Capabilities for Human Planetary Exploration [PDF]
Astrobiology, 2019 Biologic Analog Science Associated with Lava Terrains (BASALT) is a science-driven exploration program seeking to determine the best tools, techniques, training requirements, and execution strategies for conducting Mars-relevant field science under ...
K. Beaton +9 more
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Mobile manipulation for planetary exploration [PDF]
2018 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 2018 Robotic systems map unknown terrain and collect scientific relevant data of foreign planets. Currently, pilots from Earth steer these rovers on Moon and Mars surfaces via teleoperation. However, remote control suffers from a high delay of the long distance communication which leads to a reduction of the time the rover can spent gathering scientific ...
Peter Lehner +6 more
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Detecting Nonvolatile Life- and Nonlife-Derived Organics in a Carbonaceous Chondrite Analogue with a New Multiplex Immunoassay and Its Relevance for Planetary Exploration [PDF]
Astrobiology, 2018 Potential martian molecular targets include those supplied by meteoritic carbonaceous chondrites such as amino acids and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and true biomarkers stemming from any hypothetical martian biota (organic architectures that can be ...
M. Moreno-Paz +10 more
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