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Mar 3, 2019
Bar-Cohen, Yoseph; Badescu, Mircea; Sherrit, Stewart; Bao, Xiaoqi; Lee, Hyeong Jae; Bombela, Erik; Sandhu, Sukhwinder, 2019, "Sample containerization and planetary protection using brazing for breaking the chain of contact to Mars", https://hdl.handle.net/2014/50668, SPIE Smart Structures, Denver, Colorado, March 3-7, 2019, JPL Open Repository
The process consists of two-steps, where one is intended to be prepared on Earth and the second would be executed on orbit around Mars. The latest results of this study will be described and discussed. |
Mar 2, 2019
Badescu, Mircea; Riccobono, Dario; Ubellacker, Samuel; Backes, Paul; Dotson, Matthew; Molaro, Jamie; Moreland, Scott; Csomay-Shankin, Noel; Choukroun, Mathieu; Brinkman, Alexander; Genta, Giancarlo, 2019, "Sampling tool concepts for Enceladus Lander in-situ analysis", https://hdl.handle.net/2014/50393, IEEE Aerospace Conference 2019, Big Sky, Montana, March 2-9, 2019, JPL Open Repository
A potential future in-situ lander mission to the surface of Enceladus could be the lowest cost mission to determine if life exists beyond Earth since material from the subsurface ocean, where the presence of hydrothermal activity has been strongly suggested by the Cassini mission... |
Apr 10, 2018
Bar-Cohen, Yoseph; Badescu, Mircea; Lee, Hyeong Jae; Sherrit, Stewart; Bao, Xiaoqi; Jackson, Shannon; Metz, Brandon; Simonini, Alan, 2018, "Auto-Gopher-2 – An Autonomous Wireline Rotary Piezo-Percussive Deep Drilling Mechanism", https://hdl.handle.net/2014/46258, ASCE Earth and Space 2018, Cleveland, Ohio, April 9-12, 2018, JPL Open Repository
Drilling deep into the subsurface of planetary bodies in the Solar System for samples acquisition enables critical capabilities for future NASA exploration missions in its quest to understand the origins of the Solar System and potentially the search for life. Such planetary bodi... |
Mar 4, 2018
Badescu, Mircea; Bar-Cohen, Yoseph; Sherrit, Stewart; Jackson, Shannon; Metz, Brandon; Simonini, Alan; Bao, Xiaoqi; Zacny, Kris; Mellerowicz, Bolek; Kim, Daniel; Paulsen, Gale L., 2018, "Auto-Gopher-II – A wireline rotary-hammer ultrasonic drill that operates autonomously", https://hdl.handle.net/2014/48053, SPIE Smart Structures + Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE), Denver, Colorado, March 4-8, 2018, JPL Open Repository
An important challenge of exploring the solar system is the ability to penetrate at great depths the subsurface of planetary bodies for sample collection. The requirements of the drilling system are minimal mass, volume and energy consumption. To address this challenge, a deep dr... |
Mar 4, 2018
Lee, Hyeong Jae; Bao, Xiaoqi; Sherrit, Stewart; Bar-Cohen, Yoseph; Badescu, Mircea; Jackson, Shannon, 2018, "Piezoelectric Charging and Wireless Communication", https://hdl.handle.net/2014/48043, SPIE Smart Structures + Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE), Denver, Colorado, March 4-8, 2018, JPL Open Repository
Modern medicine is undergoing a revolution in the application of new sensor capabilities for aiding in diagnosis of specific conditions and monitoring a variety of informative vital signs. In the past, many of the measurements were limited by what could be accomplished externally... |
Mar 4, 2018
Bar-Cohen, Yoseph; Badescu, Mircea; Sherrit, Stewart; Bao, Xiaoqi; Lindsey, Cameron; Kutzer, Thomas; Salazar, Eduardo, 2018, "Synchronous Separation, Seaming, Sealing and Sterilization (S4) using Brazing for Sample Containerization and Planetary Protection", https://hdl.handle.net/2014/48045, SPIE Smart Structures + Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE), Denver, Colorado, March 4-8, 2018, JPL Open Repository
The return of samples back to Earth in future missions would require protection of our planet from the risk of bringing uncontrolled biological materials back with the samples. This protection would require “breaking the chain of contact (BTC)”, where any returned material reachi... |
Mar 26, 2017
Bar-Cohen, Yoseph; Badescu, Mircea; Bao, Xiaoqi; Lee, Hyeong Jae; Sherrit, Stewart; Freeman, David; Campos, Sergio, 2017, "Synchronous Separation, Seaming, Sealing and Sterilization (S4) using Brazing for Sample Containerization and Planetary Protection", https://hdl.handle.net/2014/46257, 2017 SPIE Smart Structures and Materials/NDE Symposium, Portland, Oregon, March 25-29, 2017, JPL Open Repository
The potential return of samples back to Earth from other planetary bodies would be based on planetary protection requirements that vary depending on the type of body [1]. Potential Mars Sample Return would require the protection of our planet from backward contamination. To fulfi... |
Mar 26, 2017
Lih, Shyh-Shiuh; Lee, Hyeong Jae; Bar-Cohen, Yoseph; Badescu, Mircea; Cervantes, William; Simonini, Alan, 2017, "Development and Testing of a Multi-Transducer System for Measuring Height of Condensed Water in Steam Pipes with Steady-State and Turbulent Flow Conditions", https://hdl.handle.net/2014/46254, 2017 SPIE Smart Structures and Materials/NDE Symposium, Portland, Oregon, March 25-29, 2017, JPL Open Repository
One of the critical requirements for ensuring the safety of a steam pipe is to monitor the condensed water level under operation. For this objective, the authors initially developed methods and obtained preliminary test results based on the use of ultrasonic pulse-echo transducer... |
Mar 26, 2017
Badescu, Mircea; Lee, Hyeong Jae; Sherrit, Stewart; Bao, Xiaoqi; Bar-Cohen, Yoseph; Jackson, Shannon; Chesin, Jacob; Zacny, Kris; Paulsen, Gale, 2017, "Auto-Gopher-II – an Autonomous Wireline Rotary-Hammer Ultrasonic Drill", https://hdl.handle.net/2014/46252, 2017 SPIE Smart Structures and Materials/NDE Symposium, Portland, Oregon, March 25-29, 2017, JPL Open Repository
Developing technologies that would enable future NASA exploration missions to penetrate deeper into the subsurface of planetary bodies for sample collection is of great importance. Performing these tasks while using minimal mass/volume systems and with low energy consumption is a... |
Mar 26, 2017
Bao, Xiaoqi; Badescu, Mircea; Sherrit, Stewart; Bar-Cohen, Yoseph; Campos, Sergio, 2017, "Heating and Thermal Control of Brazing Technique to Break Contamination Path for Potential Mars Sample Return", https://hdl.handle.net/2014/46253, 2017 SPIE Smart Structures and Materials/NDE Symposium, Portland, Oregon, March 25-29, 2017, JPL Open Repository
The potential return of Mars sample material is of great interest to the planetary science community, as it would enable extensive analysis of samples with highly sensitive laboratory instruments. It is important to make sure such a mission concept would not bring any living micr... |
