Cassini Operational Sun Sensor Risk Management During Proximal Orbit Saturn Ring Plane Crossings

Abstract: NASA's Cassini Spacecraft, launched on October 15th, 1997 which arrived at Saturn on June 30th,…

VERITAS: a Discovery-Class Venus Surface Geology and Geophysics Mission

Abstract: Our understanding of solar system evolution is limited by a great unanswered question: How Earthlike…

Risk Assessment of Cassini Sun Sensor Integrity Due to Hypervelocity Impact of Saturn Dust Particles

Abstract: A sophisticated interplanetary spacecraft, Cassini is one of the heaviest and most sophisticated interplanetary spacecraft…

Enceladus Life Finder: the Search for Life in a Habitable Moon

Abstract: Enceladus is one of the most intriguing bodies in the solar system. In addition to…

Rosetta Mission

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Planetary CubeSats Come of Age

Abstract: Jet Propulsion Laboratory initiatives in developing and formulating planetary CubeSats are described. Six flight systems…

Strategic Map for Exploring the Ocean-World Enceladus

Abstract: Among the many "ocean worlds" of our solar system, Enceladus appears unique in its combination…

The Saturn System Through the Eyes of Cassini

Abstract: More than 400 years ago, Galileo Galilei trained his homemade telescope on the night sky…

Deployment Testing of Flexible Composite Hinges in Bi-Material Beams

Abstract: Composites have excellent properties for strength, thermal stability, and weight. However, they are traditionally highly…

Determining the Frequency of Coronal Heating with the Marshall Grazing Incidence X-Ray Spectrometer (MaGIXS)

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