SciBox, an end-to-end automated science planning and commanding system

Autor: Peter D. Bedini, J. A. McGovern, Scott L. Murchie, Joseph P. Skura, T. Choo, R. Josh Steele, F. Scott Turner, Michael Lucks, L. Nguyen, Alice F. Berman, H. Nair

Publikováno v: Acta Astronautica. 93:490-496

SciBox is a new technology for planning and commanding science operations for Earth-orbital and planetary space missions. It has been incrementally developed since 2001 and demonstrated on several spaceflight projects. The technology has matured to t

Externí odkaz: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::82504473ded46f825faa0a976e9e889f
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2012.09.011

MESSENGER at Mercury: A mid-term report

Autor: Peter D. Bedini, Ralph L. McNutt, Sean C. Solomon, Eric J. Finnegan, Susan L. Ensor, Louise M. Prockter, Brian J. Anderson, Andrew B. Calloway

Publikováno v: Acta Astronautica. 81:369-379

After almost 5 years in development and more than 6 and a half years in cruise toward its destination, NASA's MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft finally entered orbit about Mercury on 18 March 2011, i

Externí odkaz: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::789dca14245f4807e454954d00958db2
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2012.07.011

The Study of Mercury

Autor: Louise M. Prockter, Peter D. Bedini

Publikováno v: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 6:141-154

When the MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft enters orbit about Mercury in March 2011 it will begin a new phase in an age-old scientific study of the innermost planet. Despite being visible to the unai

Externí odkaz: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::e2a341501f39b41df1ec8f508b9260f9
https://doi.org/10.1017/s1743921310007350

The Pluto system: Initial results from its exploration by New Horizons

Autor: Darrell F. Strobel, James L. Green, Mark R. Showalter, Francis Nimmo, C. Bryan, Richard P. Binzel, M. J. Freeze, Matthew R. Buckley, Matthew E. Hill, Stewart Bushman, Chris B. Hersman, Brian Carcich, Kirby Runyon, Leslie A. Young, Douglas S. Mehoke, Jeremy Bauman, S. Weidner, Nickalaus Pinkine, William M. Grundy, Robert A. Jacobson, V. A. Mallder, Thomas K. Greathouse, H. K. Kang, Ralph L. McNutt, S. Bhaskaran, Dale P. Cruikshank, Marc W. Buie, D. C. Reuter, William M. Owen, Andrew F. Cheng, Peter D. Bedini, C. M. Dalle Ore, Mihaly Horanyi, Alice Bowman, Tiffany J. Finley, David P. Hinson, Harold A. Weaver, David J. McComas, Max Mutchler, Yanping Guo, Oliver L. White, R. W. Webbert, D. E. Jennings, Olivier S. Barnouin, Jennifer Hanley, Harold J. Reitsema, B. Page, K. L. Lindstrom, Catherine B. Olkin, Jorge I. Nunez, M. E. Banks, Carey M. Lisse, A. Hill, John R. Spencer, Coralie D. Jackman, G. R. Gladstone, E. D. Melin, Allen W. Lunsford, M. H. Versteeg, Eric J. Zirnstein, Emma Birath, Thomas Mehoke, Joel Wm. Parker, H. M. Hart, Jane M. Andrews, Zach Dischner, Derek S. Nelson, Amanda M. Zangari, Kurt D. Retherford, Veronica J. Bray, Andrew J. Steffl, M. Piquette, Douglas P. Hamilton, Mike Bird, Stamatios M. Krimigis, Kaj E. Williams, Matthias Hahn, Karl Whittenburg, C. A. Conrad, Kelsi N. Singer, Steven J. Conard, J. E. Lee, Silvia Protopapa, B. G. Williams, Constantine Tsang, Orkan M. Umurhan, Kimberly Ennico, Glen H. Fountain, J. M. Moore, Carolyn M. Ernst, J. Peterson, J. Ercol, Jason C. Cook, Alan D. Howard, H. A. Elliott, Michael Vincent, David Y. Kusnierkiewicz, O. S. Custodio, M. G. Ryschkewitsch, Sarah A. Hamilton, D. J. Bogan, Eric Schindhelm, M. Brozovic, K. B. Beisser, Mark E. Holdridge, James H. Roberts, S. A. Stern, M. B. Tapley, Simon B. Porter, A. Harch, W. W. Woods, B. Bauer, Debi Rose, S. P. Williams, Alex Parker, Philip J. Dumont, Sarah H. Flanigan, Gabe Rogers, Dale Stanbridge, Ivan Linscott, Frederic Pelletier, B. Sepan, Andrew B. Calloway, Jamey Szalay, Tod R. Lauer, Jillian Redfern, Martin Paetzold, Tom Andert, A. J. Verbiscer, Paul M. Schenk, Nicole Martin, Michael E. Summers, Stuart J. Robbins, H. W. Taylor, A. C. Ocampo, Bonnie J. Buratti, A. Taylor, William B. McKinnon, G. Weigle, Alissa M. Earle, David E. Kaufmann, M. Soluri, T. Stryk, Henry B. Throop, Fran Bagenal, G. L. Tyler, Ross A. Beyer, C. C. Deboy, Peter Kollmann, Carly Howett, Joshua A. Kammer

Publikováno v: Science. 350

The Pluto system was recently explored by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, making closest approach on 14 July 2015. Pluto's surface displays diverse landforms, terrain ages, albedos, colors, and composition gradients. Evidence is found for a water-ice

Externí odkaz: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::29296228b4e5e103ecd80aefa5147fba
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aad1815

MESSENGER SciBox, An Automated Closed-loop Science Planning and Commanding System

Autor: Robert J. Steele, H. Nair, Michael Lucks, Peter D. Bedini, T. Choo, L. Nguyen

Publikováno v: AIAA SPACE 2011 Conference & Exposition.

MESSENGER SciBox is an automated closed-loop planning and commanding system used to optimize orbital science operations for the MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) mission. The system plans all science observatio

Externí odkaz: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::9cd1d6d2cb08ebf6d3d680b12f134a4e
https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2011-7339