OpenSatKit Enables Quick Startup for CubeSat Missions

Abstract: The software required to develop, integrate, and operate a spacecraft is substantial regardless of whether…

Making High Accuracy Null Depth Measurements for the LBTI ExoZodi Survey

Abstract: The characterization of exozodiacal light emission is both important for the understanding of planetary systems…

Architecture for Cognitive Networking within NASA’s Future Space Communications Infrastructure

Abstract: Future space mission concepts and designs pose many networking challenges for command, telemetry, and science…

The Radio Frequency Environment at 240-270 MHz with Application to Signal-of-Opportunity Remote Sensing

Abstract: Low frequency observations are desired for soil moisture and biomass remote sensing. Long wavelengths are…

Improved Lyman Ultraviolet Astronomy Capabilities through Enhanced Coatings

Abstract: This paper will describe efforts at developing broadband mirror coatings with high performance that will…

Global Long-Term Land Surface Products from MERRA-2 at GES DISC

Abstract: Description of land surface products from MERRA-2 at the GES DISC, including an overview of…

DSMC simulations of the Shuttle Plume Impingement Flight EXperiment(SPIFEX)

Abstract: During orbital maneuvers and proximity operations, a spacecraft fires its thrusters inducing plume impingement loads,…

Orion’s Capsule Parachute Assembly System Overview

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Exploring the Utilization of Low-Pressure, Piston-Cylinder Experiments to Determine the Bulk Compositions of Finite, Precious Materials

Abstract: Determining the bulk composition of precious materials with a finite mass (e.g., meteorite samples) is…

PHYS: Division of Physical Chemistry 258 – Properties and Origins of Cometary and Asteroidal Organic Matter Delivered to the Early Earth

Abstract: Comets and asteroids may have contributed much of the Earth's water and organic matter. The…