Results are presented for a study on mission definition and design to determine broad technology directions and needs for advanced planetary spacecraft and future planetary missions. The discussion covers mission selection, system design, and technology assessment and review for a multicomponent spacecraft exploration facility provided with nuclear power propulsion. As an example, the Automated Planetary Space Station at Jupiter is examined as a generic concept which has the capability of conducting in-depth investigations of different aspects of the entire Jovian system. Mission planning is discussed relative to low-thrust trajectory control, automatic target identification and landing, roving vehicle operation, and automated sample analysis.


    Access

    Access via TIB

    Check availability in my library


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    The Automated Planetary Space Station


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Aerospace Sciences Meeting ; 1977 ; Los Angeles, CA


    Publication date :

    1977-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




    The Automated Planetary Space Station

    IVIE, C. / FRIEDMAN, L. | AIAA | 1977



    Planetary Exploration in the Space Station Era

    Bekey, Ivan / Herman, Daniel | AIAA | 1985



    Planetary mission departures from Space Station orbit

    Sergeyevsky, Andrey B. | NTRS | 1989