Trajectory Design for a Cislunar Cubesat Leveraging Dynamical Systems Techniques: The Lunar Icecube Mission

Abstract: Lunar IceCube is a 6U CubeSat that is designed to detect and observe lunar volatiles…

The Lunar IceCube Mission Challenge: Attaining Science Orbit Parameters from a Constrained Approach Trajectory

Abstract: The challenges of targeting specific lunar science orbit parameters from a concomitant Sun-Earth/Moon system trajectory…

Dynamic Control System Performance during Commissioning of the Space Technology 7-Disturbance Reduction System Experiment of LISA Pathfinder

Abstract: The Space Technology-7 Disturbance Reduction System (DRS) launched aboard the European Space Agency's LISA Pathfinder…

SMD Technology Development Story for NASA Annual Technology report

Abstract: The role of the Science Mission Directorate (SMD) is to enable NASA to achieve its…

Team Update on North American Proton Facilities for Radiation Testing

Abstract: In the wake of the closure of the Indiana University Cyclotron Facility (IUCF), this presentation…

An Evaluation of Flash Cells Used in Critical Applications

Abstract: Due to the common use of Flash technology in many commercial and industrial Programmable Logic…

NASA Electronic Parts and Packaging (NEPP) Program, Discussion of Highly Accelerated Life Testing (HALT) of Capacitors

Abstract: Highly Accelerated Life Testing (HALT) testing holds promise for affordable efficient acceptance testing of multi-layer…

Precipitation and Carbon-Water Coupling Jointly Control the Interannual Variability of Global Land Gross Primary Production

Abstract: Carbon uptake by terrestrial ecosystems is increasing along with the rising of atmospheric CO2 concentration.…

New Mathematical Functions for Vacuum System Analysis

Abstract: A new bivariate function has been found that provides solutions of integrals having the form…

The dependence of the oceans MOC on mesoscale eddy diffusivities: A model study

Abstract: The dependence of the depth and strength of the ocean's global meridional overturning cells (MOC)…