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Mar 2, 2024
Alfred Nash, 2024, "Influence Diagrams for Optimal Decision Making in Early Science Space Mission Concept Development", https://doi.org/10.48577/jpl.AWRH4S, IEEE Aerospace Conference Big Sky, Montana, JPL Open Repository
Concept design maturation is an initial phase in theengineering design process that revolves around decisionmaking. In the context of science space mission conceptdevelopment, decision trees play a crucial role. The branches indecision trees are interdependent, meaning that the p... |
Mar 2, 2024
Maya Gordon, 2024, "Contamination Control Modeling for Europa Clipper’s MASPEX Instrument Aperture Cover Deployment", https://doi.org/10.48577/jpl.FP9UB4, IEEE Aerospace Conference Big Sky, Montana, JPL Open Repository
Abstract— MASPEX (Mass Spectrometer for Planetary Exploration/Europa) is a mass spectrometer flying aboard the Europa Clipper mission to identify gases in the Europa exosphere. As a mass spectrometer looking for trace species, the instrument is highly sensitive to outgassing cont... |
Mar 2, 2024
Sumita Nandi, 2024, "Demonstration of Non-Regenerative Pseudo-Noise Ranging in Parker Solar Probe and DART Missions", https://doi.org/10.48577/jpl.BL3UGP, 2024 IEEE Aerospace Conference, JPL Open Repository
Abstract—Delivery of radiometric data to Earth for tracking and navigation applications is an essential function of the telecommunications subsystem of a spacecraft. For deep space missions, both Doppler and ranging methods are used to determine the spacecraft distance from Earth... |
Mar 2, 2024
Shirley Hart, 2024, "Highlights of the Psyche Environmental Assurance Program", https://doi.org/10.48577/jpl.CEF9HH, IEEE Aerospace Conference Big Sky, Montana, JPL Open Repository
Environmental requirements for the Psyche missionwere established early in the program, and a comprehensiveenvironmental test and analysis implementation program wasdeveloped as the spacecraft design matured. Several designscope changes happened during development (for example,ch... |
Mar 2, 2024
Alexander Lumnah, 2024, "Driving Down Risk in the Psyche Fault Protection Design Post Launch Slip", https://doi.org/10.48577/jpl.WDVMH8, IEEE Aerospace Conference Big Sky, Montana, JPL Open Repository
The Psyche Mission is a NASA Discovery-class Mission to explore (16) Psyche, a large metallic asteroid that orbits the sun between 2.5 and 3.3 au. The spacecraft bus is a repurposed earth-orbiting telecommunication satellite bus developed by Maxar, combined with Avionics and soft... |
Mar 2, 2024
Paulo Younse, 2024, "Mars Sample Return Sample Handling Technology Development", https://doi.org/10.48577/jpl.X2U4BC, IEEE Aerospace Conference Big Sky, Montana, JPL Open Repository
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Mar 2, 2024
Joseph Mrozinski, 2024, "Math is Instrumental: An Analysis of Multi-Decade Space Flight Science Instrument Cost Performance", https://doi.org/10.48577/jpl.RXRNUZ, IEEE Aerospace Conference, JPL Open Repository
Abstract—The development and operation of scientific instruments is of critical importance to advancing our understanding of the universe and our own planet. Many Earth orbiting satellites carry advanced instruments which collect data on our atmosphere, oceans, and land. Other Ea... |
Mar 2, 2024
Oscar Yang, 2024, "Investigation of Clutter Removal on Cis-Lunar Target Detection Using DSN Open-Loop Tracking Data", https://doi.org/10.48577/jpl.9UDKYJ, IEEE Aerospace Conference Big Sky, Montana, JPL Open Repository
As NASA and other space agencies are gearing up toreturn to the moon, there is significant interest andopportunities in detecting and tracking small objects in cislunarspace. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) initiatesa strategic plan to develop detecting and monitoring tech... |
Mar 2, 2024
Charles Lee, 2024, "A Novel Autonomous Lunar Self-Localization Technique Based on Local Surrounding Horizon Mask", https://doi.org/10.48577/jpl.WMYXYA, IEEE Aerospace Conference Big Sky, Montana, JPL Open Repository
Due to the absence of vegetation, season, weather, and artificial human-made structures, the surrounding horizon mask (SHM) at each location on the Moon remains unchanged. Because the lunar surface temperature is higher than the cold sky, the SHM signature can be extracted distin... |
Mar 2, 2024
Nick Waldram, 2024, ""Crawl, Walk, Then Run” – Simple Planner’s Incremental Roll-Out in Perseverance Operations", https://doi.org/10.48577/jpl.MREFNQ, IEEE Aerospace Conference Big Sky, Montana, JPL Open Repository
—The Simple Planner (SP), a concept of operations(con-ops) facilitating autonomous scheduling onboard Mars2020’s Perseverance rover, is a milestone in terms of scale andvisibility of autonomy in space missions. At the core of SP liesthe Onboard Planner (OBP) software which govern... |
