• Mars 2020 Perseverance trajectory reconstruction and performance from launch through landing 

  Abilleira, Fernando; Kruizinga, Gerard; Aaron, Seth; Angkasa, Kris; Barber, Todd; Brugarolas, Paul; Burkhart, Dan; Chen, Al; Demcak, Stuart; Essmiller, John; Gilbert, John; Gustafson, Eric; Kangas, Julie; Jesick, Mark; McCandless, Sarah Elizabeth; Mohan, Swati; Mottinger, Neil; O'Farrell, Clara; Otero, Richard; Pong, Christopher; Ryne, Mark; Seubert, Jill; Thompson, Paul; Wagner, Sean; Wong, Mau (Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2021, 2021-08-08)

  The Mars 2020 (M2020) Mission carrying Perseverance, the most advanced rover ever sent to Mars, successfully launched on an Atlas V 541 (AV-088) launch vehicle from the Eastern Test Range (ETR) at Cape Canaveral Air Force ...
• The Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation: An Earth Science Imaging Spectroscopy Mission 

  Green, Robert O.; Mahowald, Natalie; Ung, Charlene; Thompson, David R.; Bator, Lori; Bennet, Matthew; Bernas, Michael; Blackway, Natalie; Bradley, Christine; Cha, Jeff; Clark, Pamela; Clark, Roger; Cloud, Deborah; Diaz, Ernesto; Dor, Eyal Ben; Duren, Riley; Eastwood, Michael; Ehlmann, Bethany; Fuentes, Lisa; Ginoux, Paul; Gross, Johannes; He, Yutao; Kalashnikova, Olga; Kert, William; Keymeulen, Didier; Klimesh, Matt; Ku, Daniel; Kwong-Fu, Helenann; Liggett, Elliott; Lundeen, Sarah; Makowski, Maciej D.; Mazer, Alan; Miller, Ron; Mouroulis, Pantazis; Oaida, Bogdan; Okin, Greg; Ortega, Alberto; Oyake, Amalaye; Nguyen, Hung; Pace, Theresa; Painter, Thomas H.; Pempejian, Jack; Perez Garcia-Pando, Carlos; Pham, Thang; Phillips, Benjamin; Pollock, Randy; Purcell, Richard; Realmuto, Vincent; Schoolcraft, Josh; Sen, Amit; Shin, Simon; Shaw, Lucas; Soriano, Manny; Swayze, Gregg; Thingvold, Erik; Vaid, Afsheen; Zan, Jason (Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2020, 2020-03-07)

  The Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation, EMIT, is planned to operate from the International Space Station starting no earlier than the fall of 2021. EMIT will use visible to short wavelength infrared imaging ...
• Terrain Relative Navigation for Guided Descent on Titan 

  Matthies, Larry; Daftry, Shreyansh; Rothrock, Brandon; Davis, Anthony; Hewitt, Robert; Sklyanskiy, Evgeniy; Delaune, Jeff; Quadrelli, Marco; Schutte, Aaron; Malaska, Michael; Yurtsever, Joshua (Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2020, 2020-03-07)

  Titan’s dense atmosphere, low gravity, and high winds at high altitudes create descent times of >90 minutes with standard entry/descent/landing (EDL) architectures and result in large unguided landing ellipses, with 99% ...
• Select Electronic Parts Operation at Extreme Low Temperature 

  Ashtijou, Mohammad; Yang-Scharlotta, Jean; Hanelli, Armian; Han, Michael; Saebi, Arad; Mojarradi, Mohammad M; Castillo, Linda Del; Norton, William E; Wang, Ziming; Balock, Benjamin (Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2020, 2020-03-07)

  The purpose of the study presented in this paper is to extend the test period of a selected set of electronics parts at cryogenic condition to dwell period of about 24 hours to demonstrate extreme cold operational capability ...
• Polarization Sensing in Digital Holographic Microscopy 

  Wallace, James; Mckeithen, Dylan; Serabyn, Eugene; Ramirez, Alex (Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2020, 2020-03-07)

  Digital holographic microscopy is well suited to the search for microbial species due in part to its intrinsic stability, volumetric imaging capability, and sensitivity to very dilute samples. This is all done with a system ...
• Concept for an On-orbit Capture and Orientation Module for Potential Mars Sample Return 

  Younse, Paulo; Chiu, Chi Yeung; Cameron, Jessica; Dolci, Marco; Elliot, Ethan; Ishigo, Alyssa; Kogan, Dima; Marteau, Eloise; Mayo, John; Munger, Jason; Ohta, Preston; Strahle, Jackson W; Willson, Reg; Olds, Eric; Malyan, Violet (Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2020, 2020-03-07)

  An orbiting sample Capture and Orient Module (COM) architecture for a Capture, Contain, and Return System (CCRS) payload concept for an Earth Return Orbiter (ERO) was developed to enable on-orbit capture, orientation, and ...
• Application of Fault Containment Principles to EMC 

  Perez, Reinaldo (Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2020, 2020-03-07)

  A hardware fault in aerospace is an undesired response to a designed engineering function in hardware. Therefore, in aerospace systems fault management is of prime importance. An important aspect of hardware faults is fault ...
• The Dual-Rasp Sampling System for an Enceladus Lander 

  Backes, Paul; Moreland, Scott; Badescu, Mircea; Riccobono, Dario; Brinkman, Alex; Choukroun, Mathieu; Molaro, Jamie; Aggerwal, Rajan; Newbold, Timothy; Ahmad, Adeel; Ubellacker, Samuel (Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2020, 2020-03-07)

  The Dual-Rasp sampling system has been developed for the unique sampling environment of a lander mission to the surface of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Plume material from the subsurface ocean that has fallen to the surface ...
• A Reinforcement Learning Framework for Space Missions in Unknown Environments 

  Tavallali, Peyman; Karumanchi, Sirsi; Bowkett, Joseph; Reid, William; Kennedy, Brett (Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2020, 2020-03-07)

  A land-and-traverse mission to icy worlds such as Europa and Enceladus is challenging due to lack of prior knowledge regarding the terrain conditions. Previous work [1] showed that rovers with high degrees of freedom (DoF) ...
• Demonstrating Assurance of Model-Based Fault Diagnosis Systems on an Operational Mission 

  Nikora, Allen; Aleem, Mishaal; Mackey, Ryan; Fesq, Lorraine; Chung, Seung; Kolcio, Ksenia; Prather, Maurice; Litke Matthew (Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2020, 2020-03-07)

  Developers of robotic scientific and commercial spacecraft are trending towards use of onboard autonomous capabilities for responding quickly to dynamic environments and rapidly changing situations. These capabilities need ...
• An MBSE-based Approach to Architecting a Robotic Sample Capture System Concept for Potential Mars Sample Return 

  Younse, Paulo; Cameron, Jessica E (Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2020, 2020-03-07)

  A model-based systems engineering (MBSE) approach was applied to architecting an orbiting sample Capture and Orient Module (COM) system concept for a Capture, Contain, and Return System (CCRS) payload concept for the ...
• Intellectual Property and Licensing in the Commercial Space Age 

  Broderick, Daniel (Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2020, 2020-03-07)

  The commercial space industry is undergoing a paradigm shift from the time when governments and very large space companies dominated the industry. A confluence of laws allowing commercial space companies to operate in ...
• Mars Sample Return Mission Concept Status 

  Muirhead, Brian K; Nicholas, Austin; Umland, Jeffrey (Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2020, 2020-03-07)

  This paper will provide an overview of current concepts and options for the architecture and design of a Mars Sample Return Mission, including the Sample Retrieval Lander (SRL) (developed by NASA) and the Earth Return ...
• Microscopic Object Classification through Passive Motion Observations with Holographic Microscopy 

  Lindensmith, Christian; Nadeau, Jay L; Sumrall, Louis; Bedrossian, Manuel; Serabyn, Eugene; Wallace, J. Kent (Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2020, 2020-03-07)

  Digital holographic microscopy provides the ability to observe throughout a volume that is large compared to its resolution element without the need to refocus through the volume. This capability enables simultaneous ...
• Q4 – A CubeSat Mission to Demonstrate Omnidirectional Optical Communications 

  Velazco, Jose E; Sanchez de la Vega, Jaime (Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2020, 2020-03-07)

  We are proposing a technology demonstration mission for JPL’s Inter-Satellite Optical Communicator (ISOC). The ISOC has the potential to enable up to 1 Gbps data rates over a distance up to 200 km in free space. Key features ...
• MSL Telecom Automated Anomaly Detection 

  Mukai, Ryan; Towfic, Zaid; Danos, Monika; Shihabi, Mazen; Bell, David (Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2020, 2020-03-07)

  The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Telecom Operations Team at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has implemented a machine learning system in order to automate the anomaly detection process as a part of daily operations. ...
• Rimmed Wheel Performance on the Mars Science Laboratory Scarecrow Rover 

  Graser, Evan; McGill, Sean M; Rankin, Arturo; Bielawiec, Alex (Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2020, 2020-03-07)

  The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity rover experienced increasing wheel damage beginning in October 2013. While the wheels were designed to operate with considerable damage, the rate at which damage was occurring ...
• The Juno Mission to Jupiter: Lessons from Cruise and Plans for Orbital Operations and Science Return 

  Stephens, Stuart K (Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2015, 2015-03-07)

  This paper describes the Juno mission, including its experience during 3+ years of cruise, and focuses on plans for its orbital mission and science return at Jupiter. Previous papers focused on the history of the mission, ...
• A Jupyter Notebook Environment For Multibody Dynamics 

  Gaut, Aaron; Cameron, Jonathan; Jain, Abhinandan (Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2020, 2020-08-16)

  DARTS is a rigid/flexible multibody dynamics toolkit for themodeling and simulation of aerospace and robotic vehicles forengineering applications. In this paper we describe an on-line,browser-based environment using Jupyter ...
• An Embedded Planar-Foil Capacitor Material, FPGA Based Interposer, Aimed at Improving System Performance and Reduced Board Size for Space Based Electronics 

  Hunter, Don J; Bolotin, Gary; Lias, Malcolm; Cheng, Ben (Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2020, 2020-03-02)

  This paper presents our work to date in developing, and testing an embedded planar-foil capacitor based interposer intended to be integrated together with high-density components such as Field Programmable Gate Arrays ...

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