LABORATORY EVALUATION OF DOCKING CAPABILITIES OF SMALL SPACECRAFT USING A STEWART PLATFORM
ON-ORBIT CRYO-CENTRIFUGE PROTOTYPE FOR ADVANCING THE LUNAR ARK CONCEPT
A critical step in developing the Lunar Ark Concept is to identify and develop components technologies and reduce
...EVALUATION OF NON-CONTACT AUTONOMOUS DOCKING FOR SMALL SATELLITES
GOES-16 ON-STATION CUSTOM MANEUVER GENERATION WITH FOCUSSUITE
RELATIVE NAVIGATION USING ARTIFICIAL MAGNETIC FIELDS
ATTITUDE DETERMINATION VIA EARTH SURFACE FEATURE TRACKING GIVEN PRECISE ORBIT KNOWLEDGE
CENTROIDING PRECISION OF RESOLVED BLURRED TARGET IMAGES
Regarding the detection and measurement of resolved significantly blurred targets on an optical sensor’s Focal
...LIBRATION POINT SPACECRAFT FORMATION TRAJECTORY DESIGN USING GENETIC ALGORITHMS
CHARACTERIZING CSAC PERFORMANCE IN A SIMULATEDMISSION ENVIRONMENT
Chip-scale atomic clocks (CSACs) are a relatively new, low size, weight, and power technology which has the
...FORMATION DESIGN FOR OPTIMAL RELATIVE NAVIGATION IN GPS DENIED ENVIRONMENTS
One Hundred Down, Twenty-Two to Go
The penultimate full day in orbit was a quiet one for both the astronauts and the controllers on the ground, with
...DYNAMIC ALTITUDE CONTROL SCHEMES FOR THE PICO-BALLOON PLATFORM
The Pico-Balloon Platform is a promising research platform for planetary and interplanetary exploration, based on
...VISUAL ODOMETRY FOR PRECISION LUNAR LANDING
As part of its historic 2022 mission, Intuitive Machines has developed a state-ofthe- art precision landing and
...LOW-THRUST TRAJECTORY OPTIMIZATION FOR THE SOLAR SYSTEM PONY EXPRESS
We present a method for designing and optimizing Earth-Mars cycler orbits for the Solar System Pony Express (SSPE
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As with all spaceflights, a period of reflection followed the achievements and setbacks of the completed mission
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With good planning, dedication, and a not insignificant amount of good luck, the time to launch arrives. For
...Generation and Validation of Ion Energy Spectra Based on Cluster RAPID and CIS Measurements
Autonomous Guidance Control for Ascent Flight