Abstract: Data from recent lunar orbital missions have provided critical insight into the surface composition, morphology,…
Author: New NASA STI
Analyzing Test-As-You-Fly Single Event Upset (SEU) Responses using SEU Data, Classical Reliability Models, and Space Environment Data
Abstract: We propose a method for the application of single event upset (SEU) data towards the…
The First Deep Space Cubesat Broadband IR Spectrometer, Lunarcubes, and the Search for Lunar Volatiles
Abstract: BIRCHES is the compact broadband IR spectrometer of the Lunar Ice Cube mission. Lunar Ice…
Constraining the Depth of Polar Ice Deposits and Evolution of Cold Traps on Mercury with Small Craters in Permanently Shadowed Regions
Abstract: Earth-based radar observations revealed highly reflective deposits at the poles of Mercury [e.g., 1], which…
Cloudy with a Chance of Solar Flares: The Sun as a Natural Hazard
Abstract: Space weather is a naturally occurring phenomenon that represents a quantifiable risk to space- and…
Exploration of Venus’ Deep Atmosphere and Surface Environment
Abstract: Venus formed in the same part of our solar system as Earth, apparently from similar…
A Volume Flux Approach to Cryolava Dome Emplacement on Europa
Abstract: We previously modeled a subset of domes on Europa with morphologies consistent with emplacement by…
Refractory Organics in Comet 69P Churyumov-Gerasimenko: Additional Evidence for Large-scale Mixing in the Primitive Solar Nebula?
Abstract: The COSIMA instrument onboard the Rosetta spacecraft collected and analyzed samples of individual particles from…
Evidence for Surface and Subsurface Ice Inside Micro Cold-Traps on Mercury’s North Pole
Abstract: The small obliquity of Mercury causes topographic depressions located near its poles to cast persistent…
Restoration of the Apollo 15 Heat Flow Experiment Data from 1975 to 1977
Abstract: The Apollo 15 Heat Flow Experiment (HFE) was conducted from July 1971 through January 1977.…