Interplanetary spaceflight

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

Bioastronautics: The Influence of Microgravity on Astronaut Health

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

Citations: 157 • 2010

Scaling laws for the energy transfer in space plasma turbulence

Raffaele Marino, L. Sorriso‐Valvo

Citations: 97 • 2022

HUMEX, a study on the survivability and adaptation of humans to long-duration exploratory missions, part II: Missions to Mars

G. Horneck, R. Facius, M. Reichert, Petra Rettberg, W. Seboldt, D. Manzey, B. Comet, A. Maillet, Helmut Preiss, L. Schauer, Claude‐Gilles Dussap, Laurent Poughon, A. Belyavin, G. Reitz, C. Baumstark-Khan, R. Gerzer

Citations: 68 • 2005

Mission interplanetary: Using radioisotope power to explore the solar system

Gary L. Bennett

Citations: 61 • 2007

Mission Architecture Using the SpaceX Starship Vehicle to Enable a Sustained Human Presence on Mars

J. L. Heldmann, Margarita Marinova, D. S. S. Lim, David J. Wilson, Peter Carrato, Keith Kennedy, Ann Esbeck, T. Colaprete, R. C. Elphic, Janine Captain, K. Zacny, Leo Stolov, B. Mellerowicz, Joseph Palmowski, A. M. Bramson, N. E. Putzig, G. A. Morgan, H. G. Sizemore, Josh Coyan

Citations: 60 • 2021

An autonomous path planner implemented on the Rocky 7 prototype microrover

Sharon Laubach, Joel W. Burdick, L. Matthies

Citations: 49 • 2002

Testing interplanetary transfer of bacteria between Earth and Mars as a result of natural impact phenomena and human spaceflight activities

Patricia Fajardo-Cavazos, Andrew C. Schuerger, Wayne L. Nicholson

Citations: 44 • 2007

Scientific exploration of near‐Earth objects via the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle

Paul Abell, David Korsmeyer, Rob Landis, Thomas David Jones, Daniel R. Adamo, David D. Morrison, Lawrence G. Lemke, Andrew Gonzales, R. Gershman, Theodore H. Sweetser, Lindley L. Johnson, Ed Lu

Citations: 37 • 2009

Exploring our solar system with CubeSats and SmallSats: the dawn of a new era

A. Freeman

Citations: 32 • 2020

A preliminary design for a spherical inflatable microrover for planetary exploration

Fredrik C. Bruhn, Henrik Kratz, J. Warell, C. I. Lagerkvist, Viktor Kaznov, Jack A. Jones, Lars Stenmark

Citations: 29 • 2008

Robots in space: technology, evolution, and interplanetary travel

Citations: 21 • 2008

Centauri dreams: imagining and planning interstellar exploration

Citations: 19 • 2005

A Review on Human Interplanetary Exploration Challenges

Malaya Kumar Biswal M, Ramesh Kumar, Noor Basanta Das, A Srivardini

Citations: 19 • 2022

Tanpopo: Astrobiology Exposure and Micrometeoroid Capture Experiments— Proposed Experiments at the Exposure Facility of ISS-JEM

Akihiko Yamagishi, Shin‐ichi Yokobori, Hirofumi Hashimoto, Hajime Yano, Masumi Higashide, M. Tabata, Eiichi Imai, Hikaru Yabuta, Kensei Kobayashi, Hideyuki Kawai

Citations: 17 • 2014

A spherical torus nuclear fusion reactor space propulsion vehicle concept for fast interplanetary piloted and robotic missions

Craig H. Williams, Stanley K. Borowski, Leonard Dudzinski, Albert J. Juhasz

Citations: 16 • 1999

Review of Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Technology for Deep Space Missions

Saroj Kumar, L. Dale Thomas, Jason Cassibry, Robert A. Frederick

Citations: 15 • 2020

Radiation Effects and Protection for Moon and Mars Missions

T. A. Parnell, John W. Watts, T. W. Armstrong

Citations: 14 • 1998

Robots and humans in space flight: Technology, evolution, and interplanetary travel

Roger D. Launius, Howard E. McCurdy

Citations: 14 • 2007

Automated, Real-Time Health Monitoring of Structures for Interplanetary Exploration Systems

Shannon Statham, Sathya Hanagud, B. Glass

Citations: 14 • 2012