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A sign in space: An interdisciplinary exploration of the potential reception of an extraterrestrial signal
Ferri, Paolo; de Paulis, Daniela; Shostak, Seth +5 more
A Sign in Space is an interdisciplinary project by media artist Daniela de Paulis, in collaboration with the Green Bank Observatory, the National Institute for Astrophysics, the SETI Institute and the European Space Agency.
The project consists in transmitting a simulated extraterrestrial message as part of a live performance, using an ESA sp…The road to on-board crew autonomy: Using ISS' Columbus module as the basis for ground procedure automation
Hartmann, Carsten; Speth, Franca; Sabath, Dieter +1 more
Future human exploration missions require new concepts of operations since the international roadmap foresees stations with uncrewed periods (e.g. Lunar Gateway) and deep space missions with communication delays making real-time monitoring and control impossible (e.g. any vehicle on its way to or in orbit of Mars). As part of the commitment to ach…
ExoMars 2016: Schiaparelli coasting, entry and descent post flight mission analysis
Bonetti, Davide; De Zaiacomo, Gabriele; Blanco, Gonzalo +4 more
The ExoMars programme is pursued as part of a broad cooperation between ESA and Roscosmos with significant contribution from NASA. Two missions compose the ExoMars programme with launches in 2016 and 2020. The ExoMars 2016 mission, led by ESA, has been launched by the Russian Proton on March 14th, 2016. The mission includes the Trace Gas Orbiter (…
Development of a Marslander with crushable shock absorber by virtual and experimental testing
Reinhardt, B.; Schröder, Silvio; Brauner, C. +2 more
Since the beginning of space exploration, probes have been sent to other planets or moons with the associated challenge of landing on these bodies. For a soft landing several damping methods like landing legs or airbags have been used. A new and potentially less complex and lighter way to reduce the shock loads at touchdown is the use of a crushab…