Moon landing

China’s present and future lunar exploration program

Chunlai Li, Chi Wang, Yong Wei, Yangting Lin

Citations: 244 • 2019

Commercial lunar propellant architecture: A collaborative study of lunar propellant production

David Kornuta, Angel Abbud-Madrid, Jared Atkinson, Jonathan Barr, Gary P. Barnhard, Dallas Bienhoff, Brad R. Blair, Vanessa Clark, Justin Cyrus, Blair DeWitt, Chris Dreyer, Barry W. Finger, Jonathan Goff, Koki Ho, Laura Kelsey, Jim Keravala, Bernard Kutter, Philip T. Metzger, Laura Montgomery, Phillip Morrison, C. R. Neal, Erica Otto, Gordon Roesler, Jim Schier, Brandon Seifert, George F. Sowers, P. D. Spudis, Mark J. Sundahl, K. Zacny, Guangdong Zhu

Citations: 149 • 2019

Autonomous Precision Landing and Hazard Detection and Avoidance Technology (ALHAT)

Chirold Epp, Thomas B. Smith

Citations: 110 • 2007

Autonomous Landing and Hazard Avoidance Technology (ALHAT)

Chirold Epp, Edward A. Robertson, Tye Brady

Citations: 86 • 2008

Guidance Summary and Assessment of the Chang’e-3 Powered Descent and Landing

Shuang Li, Xiuqiang Jiang, Ting Tao

Citations: 85 • 2016

Return to the Moon: New perspectives on lunar exploration

Yangting Lin, Wei Yang, Hui Zhang, Hejiu Hui, Sen Hu, Long Xiao, Jianzhong Liu, Zhiyong Xiao, Zongyu Yue, Jinhai Zhang, Yang Liu, J. Yang, Honglei Lin, Ai‐Cheng Zhang, Dijun Guo, Sheng Gou, Lin Xu, Yuyang He, Xianguo Zhang, Liping Qin, Zongcheng Ling, Xiongyao Li, Aimin Du, Huaiyu He, Peng Zhang, Jinbin Cao, Xian‐Hua Li

Citations: 68 • 2024

A Chang’e-4 mission concept and vision of future Chinese lunar exploration activities

Qiong Wang, Jizhong Liu

Citations: 67 • 2016

High-priority lunar landing sites for in situ and sample return studies of polar volatiles

M. Lemelin, D. M. Blair, C. Roberts, Kirby Runyon, D. Nowka, D. A. Kring

Citations: 57 • 2014

Spark plasma sintering and optical characterization of lunar regolith simulant

Roberta Licheri, Roberto Orrù, Elisa Sani, A. Dell’Oro, Giacomo Cao

Citations: 39 • 2022

Soviet lunar sample return missions: Landing site identification and geologic context

M. S. Robinson, J. B. Plescia, B. L. Jolliff, S. J. Lawrence

Citations: 37 • 2012

Direct active measurements of movements of lunar dust: Rocket exhausts and natural effects contaminating and cleansing Apollo hardware on the Moon in 1969

Brian O’Brien

Citations: 30 • 2009

In Situ Measurements of Lunar Dust at the Chang'E‐3 Landing Site in the Northern Mare Imbrium

Detian Li, Yi Wang, He Zhang, Jianhong Zhuang, Xiaojun Wang, Yongjun Wang, Yang Shengsheng, Zezhou Sun, Xianrong Wang, Liping Chen, Rijian Yao, Xin Zou, Jinan Ma, Xilai Wang, Cunhui Li, Haiyan Zhang, Xiongyao Li, Xin Gao, Xinyu Cui, Biao Zhang, Wenfeng Li, Hongyu Lin

Citations: 29 • 2019

ALHAT System Architecture and Operational Concept

T. Brady, Jana L. Schwartz

Citations: 27 • 2007

Hazard Detection Methods for Lunar Landing

Tye Brady, Edward A. Robertson, Chirold Epp, Stephen Paschall, Doug Zimpfer

Citations: 27 • 2009

Properties and Mechanics of the Lunar Regolith

Stewart W. Johnson, Koon Meng Chua

Citations: 27 • 1993

The 3‐D geological model around Chang'E‐3 landing site based on lunar penetrating radar Channel 1 data

Yuefeng Yuan, Peimin Zhu, Na Zhao, Long Xiao, Edward J. Garnero, Zhiyong Xiao, Jiannan Zhao, Le Qiao

Citations: 26 • 2017

Optical Navigation Plan and Strategy for the Lunar Lander Altair; OpNav for Lunar and other Crewed and Robotic Exploration Applications

Joseph E. Riedel, Andrew Vaughan, Robert A. Werner, Tseng-Chan Wang, Simon Nolet, David M. Myers, Nickolaos Mastrodemos, Allan Lee, Christopher Grasso, Todd Ely, David S. Bayard

Citations: 24 • 2010

Field Testing of Utility Robots for Lunar Surface Operations

Terrence Fong, Maria Bualat, Matthew Deans, Mark Allan, Xavier Bouyssounouse, Michael Broxton, Laurence Edwards, R. C. Elphic, Lorenzo Flückiger, Jeremy Frank, Leslie Keely, L. Kobayashi, Pascal Lee, Susan Lee, David Lees, Eric Park, Liam Pedersen, Trey Smith, Vinh To, Hans Utz, Estrellina Pacis, Debra Schreckenghost

Citations: 24 • 2008

A recurrent deep architecture for quasi-optimal feedback guidance in planetary landing

Roberto Furfaro, Ilaria Bloise, M. Orlandelli, Pierluigi Di Lizia, Francesco Topputo, Richard Linares

Citations: 22 • 2020

Applied design methodology for lunar rover elastic wheel

Diego Cardile, Nicole Viola, Sergio Chiesa, Alessandro Rougier

Citations: 20 • 2012