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4th International Planetary Probe Workship; June 27-30, 2006 in Pasadena, California, USA
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Session I (Oral Presentations): Current Outlook for Probe Missions
Title / Author Abs Man Pres
Cosmic Vision
Gerhard Schwehm, ESA-ESTEC, Netherlands
    Presentations
NASA Solar System Exploration Roadmaps
Jonathan Lunine, LPL/Uof Arizona, USA and INTA-IFSI, Italy
Document   Presentations
Future of robotic exploration of the Solar System
Scott Hubbard, SETI, USA
     
Session II (Oral Presentations): Scientific Results from Probe Missions
Title / Author Abs Man Pres
Huygens Mission Results
(Invited) Jean-Pierre Lebreton, ESA, France
Document    
The Huygens Atmospheric Structure Instrument (HASI) results at Titan
(Invited) Marcello Fulchignoni, LESIA - Observatoire de Paris, France
Document   Presentations
Huygens Probe Entry Trajectory Reconstruction using Kalman Filtering
Alessio Aboudan, CISAS-University of Padova, Italy
Document   Presentations
HASI Accelerometer Kalman Based Altitude Reconstruction of Huygens Descent Phase
Carlo Bettanini, University of Padova, Italy
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In-situ Investigation of Atmospheric Electricity and Acoustics: Lessons Learned from the Successful Flight of the Huygens Atmospheric Structure Instrument Permittivity, Wave and Altimetry Experiment
Roland Trautner, RSSD/ESA-ESTEC, Netherlands
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VLBI Tracking of Planetary Probes as a Mission Tool and Scientific Eperiment
Leonid Gurvits, Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe, Netherlands
Document   Presentations
Session II (Posters)
Title / Author Abs Man Pres
Huygens Atmospheric Structure Instruments Entry Accelerometer: Application to Mars and Venus
Andrew Ball et all, The Open University
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Huygens Atmospheric Structure Instruments Entry Accelerometer: Flight Performance
Andrew Ball et all, The Open University
Document    
HASI Accelerometer Kalman based Altitude Reconstruction of Huygens Descent Phase
Carlo Bettanini, University of Padova, Italy
Document    
The Atmospheric Temperature Profile of Titan Reconstructured from Pressure Data
Jussi Leinonen, T. Mokinen, A.-M. Harri, Finnish Meteorological Institute
Document    
Failures of Planetary Probes
R. Lorenz, U. Arizona
Document    
Session III (Oral Presentations): In-situ Measurements of Eart's Atmosphere
Title / Author Abs Man Pres
TPS for Crew Exploration Vehicle
(Invited) Raj Venkapathy, NASA AMES, USA
Document   Presentations
The Stardust Sample Return Capsule Reentry Observing Campaign
(Invited) Peter Jenniskens, SETI, USA
Document   Presentations
Probing the Meteoroid Enironment of Planets
(Invited) Jeremie Vaubaillon, Caltech, USA
Document   Presentations
ILEWG Roadmap for Sample Return and Earth Reentry
Bernard Foing, ESA, Netherlands
     
Improving Mission Survivability and Science Return with Onboard Autonomy
Asley Davies, JPL, USA
  Document  
A Family of Balloons to Study Earth Atmosphere
(Invited) Christian Cazaux, CNES, France
Document   Presentations
Session III (Posters)
Title / Author Abs Man Pres
System Design of Space Vehicle for Small Size Orbital Debris Observation
Y. Gataullin, Ruhr University
Document    
Session IV (Oral Presentations): Mission Concepts and Studies
Title / Author Abs Man Pres
Europe's Concept and Plans for a Venus Entry Probe Mission
(Invited) Eric Chassefiere, ESA, France
Document   Presentations
Dual Balloon Concept For Lifting Payloads From The Surface Of Venus
Viktor Kerzhanovitch, JPL, USA
Document   Presentations
EXOMARS Mission and Spacecraft Architecture
Vincenzo Giorgio, Alcatel Alenia Space, Italy
Document   Presentations
Guided Mars Balloon Platforms
A. Pankine, Kerry Nock, Global Aerospace Corp., USA
  Document Presentations
Not Afraid to Ride the Wind: Titan by Balloon
(Invited) Jonathan Lunine, LPL/U.Arizona, USA and INTA-IFSI, Italy
Document   Presentations
Saturn Probes: why, where, how?
(Invited) Sushil Atreya, U. of Michigan, USA
  Document Presentations
Mission Design Aspects of Planetary Entry Probe Missions
(Invited) Thomas Spilker, JPL, USA
Document   Presentations
On the Feasibility of a New Frontiers Class Saturn Probe Mission
Tibor Balint, JPL, USA
Document   Presentations
JEP: A Feasibility Study of a Minimum Resource Jovian Entry Probe
Alessandro Atzei, ESA/ESTEC, Netherlands
  Document Presentations
Autonomous Tier-Scalable Reconnaissance Missions for Remote Planetary Exploration
Wlfgang Fink, Caltech, USA
  Document  
Session IV (Posters)
Title / Author Abs Man Pres
Development of Automation and Robotic Systems in Space Exploration: A review
Paul Acquatela, INSA-Lyon, France
  Document  
Interplanetary Mission Design using Multidisciplinary Design Optimization
Richard Baun, San Jose State University, USA
  Document  
Summary of the AGU Chapman Conference on Exploring Venus as a Terrestrial Planet
Larry Esposito, LASP/University of Colorado, USA
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Integrated OLAP Cubes Database Driven Aerothermodynamic Trajectory Analysis for Planetary Probes
Periklis Papadopoulos, San Jose State University
  Document  
Endurance: The Rewards and Challenges of Landing a Spacecraft on Europa
Audrey Rager, University of Nevada, USA
  Document  
Titan OrbiterAerorover Mission (TOAM)
Ed Sittler, GSFC NASA, USA
  Document  
Tradespace Exploration for Conceptual Mars Mission Design
Grant Wells, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
  Document  
Session summary
Sushil Atreya
  Document  
Session V (Oral Presentations): Sensors, Instruments, and Sample Acquisition Systems
Title / Author Abs Man Pres
MSL Instruments
(Invited) Ashwin Vasavada, JPL, USA
    Presentations
Miniature Instruments for Probe Missions
(Invited) Rich Dissly, Ball Aerospace, USA
    Presentations
Sample Manipulation in Planetary Missions
(Invited) Steve Gorevan, Honeybee Robotics, USA
    Presentations
GENTNER: A Miniaturised LIBS/Raman Instrument for the Comprehensive in situ analysis of the Martian surface
Alessandro Del Bianco, IPAC GmbH, Austria
  Document Presentations
GaN-based Robust Micro Pressure and Temperature Sensors for Extrme Planetary Environments
Kyung-ah Son, JPL, USA
Document   Presentations
Miniature Mass Spectrometer with Direct Ion Detection
Mahadeva Sinha, JPL, USA
Document   Presentations
Technologoy Developments Towards a Combined XRD/XRF Instrument for Planetary Surface Analysis
Nick Nelms, University of Leicester, UK
  Document Presentations
X-ray and Gamma Ray Spectrometers for the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Instrument hp3 on the Exomars Geophysical and Environmental Package
Richard Ambrosi, University of Leicester, UK
  Document Presentations
Session V (Posters)
Title / Author Abs Man Pres
Planetary Polarization Nephelometer
Don Banfield, Cornell Astronomy, USA
Document    
Rock Sampling Using the Ultasonic/Sonic Driller/Corer (USDC) for In-situ Planetary Exploration
Xiaoqi Bao, JPL
Document    
ARES: An Atmospheric Electricity Instrument Proposed for Exomars
M. Hamelin, CETP, France
Document    
Method of Characterizing Ammonia Opacity in Jovian Atmospheres with Application to Entry Probe Radio Links
Thomas Hanley, GaTech, USA
  Document  
Microsystems, Instrument Electronics, and Mobile Sensor Platform
Gary Hunter, NASA GRC, USA
  Document  
A Small, Student-designed Descent Probe
Cy Klein, U. of Idaho, USA
  Document  
Micro Spectrometer for Interplanetary Missions and Rovers
Andreas Kruselburger, Technische Universität München, Germany
  Document  
SPEX-a Spectropolarimeter for Planetary Exploration Onboard the Proposed ExoMars Orbiter
Erik Laan, Dutch Space, Netherlands
  Document  
The Life Marker Chip (LMC) Oboard the ExoMars Rover
Erik Laan, Duch Space, Netherlands
  Document  
Carbon Nanotube-based Vacuum and Semiconducting Devices for Microinstrumentation and Electronics
Harish Manohara, JPL, USA
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Descent and Landing Rock Hazard Avoidance System(ROHAS) for the Mars Exploration Program Advanced Technologies (MEPAT) Program
Paolo Massini, Raytheon, USA
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Expert AerothermodynamicFlight Instrumentation Environment and Integration
Jean Muylaert, ESA-ESTEC, Netherlands
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A Mutual Impedance Probe for Measuring the Dielectric Properties of the Atmosphere and of the Surface of Planetary Environments
Fernando Simoes, CETP, Francee
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Mid-Infrared Lasers for Planetary Explorations
Alexander Soibel, JPL, USA
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The Development of a Dedicated Sunphotometer for Planetary Applications
Anthony Strawa, NASA, USA
     
Planetary Atmospheric Component Measurements using Oscillating MEMS-based Sesnsors
Phillip Valek, Southwest Research Institute, USA
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Session VI (Oral Presentations): Thermal Control and Pressure Vessels
Title / Author Abs Man Pres
Galileo Probe Thermal Control
(Invited) Thomas Rust, Boeing, USA
Document   Presentations
Pressure Vessel Technology Developments
(Invited) Michael Pauken, JPL, USA
  Document Presentations
RHUs for Planetary Probes Thermal Control
(Invited) Denis Lebleu
Document   Presentations
Thermal engineering for Beagle 2
(Invited) Bryan Shaughnessy, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
Document   Presentations
Radioisotope Power Systems for In-situ Exploration
Tibor Balint, JPL, USA
Document   Presentations
Session VII (Oral Presentations): Electronics, Communication, and Batteries
Title / Author Abs Man Pres
Silicon-Germanium Integrated Electronics For Extreme Environments
(Invited) John Cressler, GaTech, USA
Document   Presentations
Analog/Digital Circuit Design In SiGe For Space Applications
Tiejun Cao, U of Arkansas, USA
  Document Presentations
Development Of An Extreme Environment Dc Motor Drive Full Bridge Power Stage Using Commercial-Off-The-Shelf-Components
John Garret, APEI, USA
  Document Presentations
CMOS Compatible SOI Mesfets For Extreme Environment Electronics
John Ervin, SJT Micropower, USA
  Document Presentations
SiC High Temperature Electronics
(Invited) Jeff Casady, SemiSouth, USA
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High Temperature Electronics, Communications, and Supporting Technologies for Venus Missions
Gary Hunter, NASA GRC, USA
  Document Presentations
Extreme Temperature/Radiation Tolerant Crystal Oscillator for High Reliability Space Applications
Kouros Sariri, FMI, USA
Document   Presentations
Extreme Environment Electronic Packaging for Venus and Mars Landed Missions
Linda DelCastillo, JPL, USA
  Document Presentations
Extreme Temperature Design Techniques For A Venus Exploration S-Band Transmitter
Robert Sternowski, Softronics, USA
  Document Presentations
Probe Radio Science in the Next Generation Deep Space Network
Sami Asmar, JPL, USA
Document   Presentations
Advances In Battery Technology Relevant For Planetary Probes
Chris Pearson, ABSL Space Products
  Document Presentations
Session VII (Posters)
Title / Author Abs Man Pres
Evolving the Deep Space Network: Implications for Planetary Probes
Douglas Abraham, JPL, USA
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Direct-to-Earth Communications for Outer Planetary Entry Probe Missions
David Atkinson, U. of Idaho, USA
  Document  
Design for Reliability Approach for Electronics under Extreme Low Temperature Applications
Yuan Chen, JPL, USA
  Document  
High Temperature Electronics ( > 485 °C) for Venus Exploration
Edgar Cilio, Arkansas Power Electronics International, Inc, USA
  Document  
Derivation and Application of a Method for First-Order Estimation of Planetary Aerial Vehicle Power Requirements
Jarret Lafleur, JGaTech, USA
  Document  
Silicon-Germanium (SiGe) Technology for Europa and Enceladus Lander or Probe Missions
Leora Peltz, Boeing, USA
Document    
Radio Opacity Estimates for Giant Planet Atmospheres
Tom Spilker, JPL, USA
  Document  
Session VIII (Oral Presentations): Entry, Descent, and Mobility Systems
Title / Author Abs Man Pres
Mars Science Laboratory Entry, Descent, and Landing Systems
Jeff Umland, JPL, USA
    Presentations
Aerocapture Technology Development for Planetary Science - Update
(Invited) Michelle Munk, NASA MSFC, USA
Document   Presentations
Ablative thermal protection systems for entry in Mars atmosphere.A presentation of materials solutions and testing capabilities
Jean-Marc Bouilly, EADS Space, France
  Document Presentations
70MW Plasma Wind Tunnel Up-grades for ESA Aurora TPS Testing
F. De Filippis, C.I.R.A., Italy
  Document Presentations
Survey of Aerothermal Modeling Needs for Future Planetary Probe Missions
Michael Wright, NASA ARC, USA
    Presentations
Re-entry Dynamics of Uncontrolled Mars Probe
Sergey Skorokhod, Moscow Institute, Russia
Document    
Summary of Ultralightweight Ballute Technology Advances
Jim Masciarelli, Ball Aerospace, USA
Document   Presentations
An Approach to Sizing a Dual-use Ballute System for Aerocapture, Descent, and Landing
Kristin Medlock, Purdue University, USA
  Document Presentations
Field Testing and Model Development for Mars Tumbleweed Rover
Ralph Lorenz, LPL U of Arizona, USA
  Document Presentations
Balloon for Long Duration Studies of the Atmosphere of Venus
Viktor Kerzhanovich, JPL, USA
Document   Presentations
Montgolfiere Aerobots for Titan
Jack Jones, JPL, USA
  Document Presentations
Experimental results for Titan aerobot thermo-mechanical subsystem development
Jeff Hall, JPL, USA
Document   Presentations
Ballutes: Launching Aerobots without Compromises
Julian Nott, USA
  Document  
A Method for Planetry Balloon Flight Path Guidance
K.M. Aaron, Global Aerospace, USA
  Document Presentations
Session VIII (Posters)
Title / Author Abs Man Pres
Practical Navier-Stokes Computation of Flowfields with Ablation Products Injection
Danielle Bianchi, U of Rome "La Sapienza," Italy
  Document  
The effect of ForeBody geometry on Turbulent Heating and Thermal Protection System Sizing for Future Mars Mission Concepts
James Brown. NASA AMES, USA
  Document  
Airship Simulation Models for Planetary Exploration Using Darts/Dshell
Jonathan Cameron, JPL, USA
Document    
Autonomy Capability Developmentfor a Titan Aerobot
Alberto Elfes, JPL, USA
Document    
Reusable Launch vehicle AeroshellManufacturing Concept
S. Ferreti, U. of Bologna
  Document  
Subsonic Dynamic Stability Tests of a Proposed Lunar Sample Return Entry Vehicle
Charles Fremaux, NASA LaRC, USA
  Document  
Pulse-Plume-Ground Interactions during Spacecraft Descent on Mars
Manish Mehta, U of Michigan, USA
  Document  
Increased Outer Planet sciencePayload using Hybrid Ballute/Aeroshell Entry Systems
McRonald, Global Aerospace, USA
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Titan-the Ultimate destination for Aerobots
J. Nott, USA
  Document  
Mars Guided Parachute System; First Year Status report
Tony Taylor, Irvin Aerospace Inc., USA
     
Robotic Supply of Support Euipment for Crewed Mission to Mars
Matthew Velante, Lockheed-Martin, USA
  Document  
Numerical Simulations of Unsteady Flow aroundan Entry Capsule
Axelle Vire, U. Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
  Document  
 
 

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