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Jupiter exploration is one of the focuses of deep space exploration in the near future. Design and optimization of trajectories in the Jovian system are crucial technologies for Jupiter exploration missions due to the unique and challenging multi-body ...

In December 2020, the Draft Resolution on Reducing Space Threats through Norms, Rules and Principles of Responsible Behaviours proposed by the United Kingdom, United States, and other States was adopted at the UN General Assembly (hereafter referred to as ...

Today, the discussion about colonizing different planets has shifted from the “IF” mode to the “WHEN” mode, and the substantially large group of humans living for a long time in an isolated, hostile, and enclosed environment is about to become a reality. ...

The mixed terrains of terramechanics research are mainly composed of static stones and loose soil. The movement behavior of stones is often ignored while analyzing the influence of the wheel’s traction performance caused by mixed terrain. When a wheel is ...

Hypervelocity impacts of Micrometeoroid and Orbital Debris (M/OD) may lead to catastrophic failure of long-term flight manned spacecraft in orbit. Risk assessment for manned spacecraft in M/OD environment is of great significance for the safety of human ...

Countermeasures in weightlessness are a predominant technique for long-term residency in space. Head-down bed rest (HDBR) has long been used to simulate the physiological effects of spaceflight and test the efficacy of countermeasures. In 2019, the ...

Since the 1990s, the existence of water-ice in the permanent shadow areas of the lunar polar regions and the problem of water in the early lunar period have become the hot spot of international lunar exploration. This paper analyzes the research progress ...

Many studies have shown that spaceflight causes oxidative stress and induces brain disorder in astronauts, but the counter measurements are lacking. Increasing evidence demonstrated that hydrogen can act as a therapeutic antioxidant. In this study, rats ...

Many error sources influence the calibration experiment of 4-quadrant sun sensors, making the calibration of sun sensors cumbersome and its accuracy difficult to improve. Any continuous function on a bounded closed set can be approximated by a deep neural ...

After more than 7 years of development, the Tianzhou cargo spacecraft (TZ), a space station cargo transfer spacecraft, was successfully launched on 2017 April 20. The TZ is robotic spacecraft that is designed to support China space station operation by ...

Considering the demand of distributed satellite clusters for high-speed information communication in the future, this paper establishes a laser network model based on optical multibeam antenna. At present, there are still some networking and ...

The unique and complex challenges of sustainable interplanetary travel necessitate a novel space logistics paradigm, which is hereafter referred to as the interplanetary supply chain. To lay the groundwork for this anticipated paradigm shift, this work ...

The confirmation of gravitational waves in recent years has set off a new upsurge of exploring the extreme interactions critical to the origin and evolution of stars, galaxies, and the universe. The detection of gravitational waves in space is expected to ...

“Those who are inspired by a model other than Nature, a mistress above all masters, are labouring in vain.” attributed to Leonardo DaVinci Nanosatellites are exposed to extreme temperatures on the spacecraft surface, which can reach up to ±100 °C. In this ...

The multiple signal classification method for direction-of-arrival estimation is widely applied in practical scenarios. However, the multiple signal classification method with planar array requires 2-dimensional on-grid spectrum searches, which would lead ...

Collision probability is employed for evaluating whether there will be a dangerous encounter between 2 space objects. The fidelity of the collision probability mainly depends on the accuracies of orbit prediction and covariance prediction for the space ...

This paper proposed a new attitude determination method for low-orbit spacecraft. The attitude prediction accuracy is greatly improved by adding the unmodeled environmental torque to the dynamic equation. Specifically, the environmental torque extraction ...

The use of space environment to carry out life science research is of great significance. However, there are limitations in complex manipulation, research models based on mammalian and 2-dimensional cell culture experiments, etc. Microfluidic chips ...

Planetary science is the science of studying planets, moons, and planetary systems. The scale of the research objects ranges from small meteoroids to large gas giant planets, and the research purpose is to determine their composition, dynamics, formation, ...

The main objective of the CHILL-ICE (Construction of a Habitat Inside a Lunar-analogue Lava tube—Iceland; a campaign by ICEE Space and EuroMoonMars) prototype mission was to deploy an inflatable habitat and its systems inside a lunar analogue lava tube. ...

In this work, we consider a statistical theory for a cosmogonical body formation (so-called spheroidal body) to develop the analytical models of protoplanetary formation in extrasolar systems. Within the framework of this theory, the models and evolution ...

Developing efficient approaches to building a suitable environment for humans on the moon play a key role in future long-term sustainable lunar exploration activities, which has motivated many countries to propose diverse plans to build a lunar base. The ...

The human body undergoes many changes during long-duration spaceflight including musculoskeletal, visual, and behavioral changes. Several of these microgravity-induced effects serve as potential barriers to future exploration missions. The advent of ...

To ensure the safety of the space station and improve the accuracy of the estimated trajectory tracking of noncooperative target, an optical imaging micro-/nanosatellite based on APSO-SSUKF (adaptive particle swarm optimization-spherical simplex unscented ...

The supersonic flows around rigid parachute-like two-body configurations are numerically simulated at Mach number of 1.978 by solving three-dimensional compressible Navier-Stokes equations, where the two-body model consists of a capsule and a canopy, and ...

Terrestrial analogues can provide essential scientific information and technology validation to assist future crewed missions to the Martian surface. This paper analyses the recent literature since 2010 in this area, highlighting key topics, authors, and ...

The reuse of wastewater is a key problem in controlled ecological life support system (CELSS). In this study, the feasibility to reuse the treated wastewater (including sanitary wastewater and urine wastewater) as a plant hydroponic medium was verified. ...

In the satellite overall design phase, it is a crucial step to perform satellite layout design to guarantee that the aggregation of electronic components can operate normally and stably in an appropriate temperature environment. In order to handle the ...

The increasing frequency of human launches has led to a dramatic increase in the amount of space debris, especially near sun-synchronous orbits. Most of the fragments are small in size, which may make tracking difficult. Therefore, characterizing the ...

Fuzzy logical control is a robust and effective control method in industrial fields, which renders it applicable to the attitude control of a solar sail. However, it is hard to apply in black-box and time-varying problem as real solar sail attitude ...

Miniaturized, multifunctional, and economical on-orbit service satellites have been increasingly used with the continuous increase of space exploration missions. In this paper, an innovative deployable manipulator is designed, named Cubot, which can be ...

The pose determination between nanosatellites and the cooperative spacecraft is essential for swarm in-orbit services. Time-of–flight (ToF) sensors are one of the most promising sensors to achieve the tasks. This paper presented an end-to-end assessment ...

The construction of large structures is one of the main development trends of the space exploration in the future, such as large space stations, large space solar power stations, and large space telescopes. It is one of important development tendency, ...

In this paper, micropropulsion systems are analyzed in conjunction with the various mission requirements of China’s deep space exploration. As a great challenge facing the world, deep space exploration can be enabled only in a few countries with a success ...

The threat of potential hazardous near-Earth asteroid (PHA) impact on Earth is increasingly attracting public attention. Monitoring and early warning of those PHAs are the premise of planetary defense. In this paper, we proposed a novel concept of ...

Probabilistic swarm guidance enables autonomous microsatellites to generate their individual trajectories independently so that the entire swarm converges to the desired distribution shape. However, it is essential to avoid crowding for reducing the ...

When the solar wind passes over the Earth, it will cause geomagnetic storms, affect short-wave communications, and threaten the safety of pipelines such as electricity and oil. Accurate prediction of the solar wind speed will allow people to make adequate ...

Progress is being made on human Lunar and Martian missions by space agencies and private organisations around the world, with the aims of establishing reliable long-duration architectures. Complementing this, research is being carried out under controlled ...

In space engineering, the electronic component layout has a very important impact on the centroid stability and heat dissipation of devices. However, the expensive thermodynamic simulations in the component thermal layout optimization problems bring great ...