Space exploration

A review of space robotics technologies for on-orbit servicing

Ángel Flores-Abad, Ou Ma, Khanh Pham, Steve Ulrich

Citations: 1293 • 2014

Human exploration of Mars, Design Reference Architecture 5.0

Bret G. Drake, Stephen J. Hoffman, D. W. Beaty

Citations: 593 • 2010

Mars Exploration Entry, Descent, and Landing Challenges

Robert D. Braun, Robert M. Manning

Citations: 531 • 2007

Space micropropulsion systems for Cubesats and small satellites: From proximate targets to furthermost frontiers

Igor Levchenko, Kateryna Bazaka, Yongjie Ding, Yevgeny Raitses, Stéphane Mazouffre, Torsten Henning, Peter J. Klar, Shunjiro Shinohara, J. Schein, Laurent Garrigues, Minkwan Kim, Dan Lev, F. Taccogna, Rod Boswell, Christine Charles, Hiroyuki Koizumi, Y. R. Shen, Carsten Scharlemann, Michael Keidar, Shuyan Xu

Citations: 330 • 2018

NASA thermal control technologies for robotic spacecraft

Theodore D. Swanson, Gajanana Birur

Citations: 326 • 2003

FUEL: Fast UAV Exploration Using Incremental Frontier Structure and Hierarchical Planning

Boyu Zhou, Yichen Zhang, Xinyi Chen, Shaojie Shen

Citations: 296 • 2021

Review on space robotics: Toward top-level science through space exploration

Yang Gao, Steve Chien

Citations: 284 • 2017

On the dynamics of manipulators in space using the virtual manipulator approach

Z. Vafa, Steven Dubowsky

Citations: 268 • 2005

Review of in-space assembly technologies

Zhihui Xue, Jinguo Liu, Chenchen Wu, Yuchuang Tong

Citations: 214 • 2020

Robotic Manipulation and Capture in Space: A Survey

Evangelos Papadopoulos, Farhad Aghili, Ou Ma, Roberto Lampariello

Citations: 199 • 2021

Surgery in space: the future of robotic telesurgery

Tamás Haidegger, József Sándor, Zoltán Benyó

Citations: 196 • 2010

Computer Vision on Mars

Larry Matthies, Mark Maimone, Andrew Johnson, Yang Cheng, Reg G. Willson, Carlos Y. Villalpando, Steve Goldberg, A. Huertas, Andrew N. Stein, Anelia Angelova

Citations: 185 • 2007

On the guidance, navigation and control of in-orbit space robotic missions: A survey and prospective vision

Borna Monazzah Moghaddam, Robin Chhabra

Citations: 178 • 2021

Back to the Moon: The scientific rationale for resuming lunar surface exploration

Ian Crawford, M. Anand, Charles S. Cockell, H. Falcke, D.A. Green, R. Jaumann, M. A. Wieczorek

Citations: 177 • 2012

Evolution of space drones for planetary exploration: A review

Mostafa Hassanalian, Devyn Rice, Abdessattar Abdelkefi

Citations: 174 • 2018

Progress, Challenges, and Prospects of Soft Robotics for Space Applications

Yongchang Zhang, Pengchun Li, Jiale Quan, Longqiu Li, Guangyu Zhang, Dekai Zhou

Citations: 173 • 2022

DLR's robotics technologies for on-orbit servicing

Gerd Hirzinger, K. Landzettel, Bernhard Brunner, Max Fischer, Carsten Preusche, Detlef Reintsema, Alin Albu‐Schäffer, G. Schreiber, Bernhard-Michael Steinmetz

Citations: 173 • 2004

A review of space tether in new applications

Panfeng Huang, Fan Zhang, Lu Chen, Zhongjie Meng, Yizhai Zhang, Zhengxiong Liu, Yongxin Hu

Citations: 165 • 2018

Dexterous Tethered Space Robot: Design, Measurement, Control, and Experiment

Panfeng Huang, Fan Zhang, Jia Cai, Dongke Wang, Zhongjie Meng, Jian Guo

Citations: 160 • 2017

Bioastronautics: The Influence of Microgravity on Astronaut Health

Elizabeth A. Blaber, Helder Marçal, Brendan P. Burns

Citations: 157 • 2010