Preparing to Receive and Handle Martian Samples When They Arrive on Earth

Abstract: The Astromaterials Acquisition and Curation Office at NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) is responsible for…

Interstellar and Solar Nebula Materials in Cometary Dust

Abstract: Laboratory studies of cometary dust collected in the stratosphere and returned from comet 81P/Wild 2…

Planetesimals Born Big by Clustering Instability?

Abstract: Roughly 100km diameter primitive bodies (today's asteroids and TNOs; [1]) are thought to be the…

Human Mars Mission Power Architectures

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A Revised Tangle-Free Algorithm for Two-Dimensional Mesh Motion Problems

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Open-Loop Flight Testing of COBALT Navigation and Sensor Technologies for Precise Soft Landing

Abstract: An open-loop flight test campaign of the NASA COBALT (CoOperative Blending of Autonomous Landing Technologies)…

Northwest Africa 10758: A New CV3 Chondrite Bearing a Giant CAI with Hibonite-Rich Wark-Lovering Rim

Abstract: Northwest Africa (NWA) 10758 is a newly identified carbonaceous chondrite that is a Bali-like oxidized…

Dynamic Positioning System (DPS) Risk Analysis Using Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA)

Abstract: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Safety & Mission Assurance (S&MA) directorate at the…

Space Science Investigation: NASA ISS Stowage Simulator

Abstract: During this internship the opportunity was granted to work with the Integrated, Graphics, Operations and…

Vehicle-Level Oxygen/Methane Propulsion System Hotfire Testing at Thermal Vacuum Conditions

Abstract: A prototype integrated liquid oxygen/liquid methane propulsion system was hot-fire tested at a variety of…