In 2006, the Air Force TechSat 21 mission will fly the Autonomous Sciencecraft Experiment (ASE). ASE will perform onboard: science analysis, mission re-planning, and robust execution. These technologies will enable TechSat ...

With the success of Mars Pathfinder's Sojourner rover, a new era of planetary exploration has opened, with demand for highly capable mobile robots.

This paper documents the application of RA technologies in the field of interferometer instrument control.

Current methods for pose and shape estimation of small bodies, such as comets and asteroids, rely on extensive ground support and significant use of radiometric measurements using the Deep Space Network. The Stereo-Photoclinometry ...

By the next decade, spacecraft will be highly miniaturized and automated to realize much lower life-cycle costs in comparison to todays counterparts. These small spacecraft will have highly autonomous control systems for ...

An intelligent robotic architecture that autonomously synthesizes goal-oriented behaviors, while connecting sensing and action in real-time, is presented with applications to loosely defined planetary sampling missions. ...

Spacecraft flybys of small solar system bodies provide important science return in the form of images of the target body taken around closest approach. In order to maximize the number of images taken of the target, an ...

Our objective is to provide a collection of automated tools and techniques for reducing operational and maintenance costs in space planes.