Search
Heating samples to extract volatiles is a standard way to characterise solid samples. By heating a sample and recording the temperature profile results it can explain a lot about the nature of those volatiles and allow them to be collected and analysed further. This technique is, in principle, a standard process in terrestrial laboratories and the same principle is applied in-situ for planetary analysis where solid samples are delivered to an oven, which is sealed and heated to produce signatures of the volatiles.
The OPEN UNIVERSITY
This work has primarily focused on establishing scenarios where inflatable devices could be the most useful. Given that these missions rely on aerodynamic drag that results in (potentially significant) heating, the authors have sought to find solutions to minimize heat fluxes acting on the device surface, and especially keeping it within the limits of flexible/foldable TPS materials for the aerocapture scenario.
Spin.Works
SMARTIE (Smart Resource Management based on Internet of Things to support Off-Earth Manufacturing of Lunar Infrastructures) is an ESA study to assess the requirements, architecture, hardware and software needs and costs for implementation of an Internet of Manufacturing Things (IoMT) for a lunar human base and associated infrastructure.
Liquifier Systems Group
The objective of this study was to help define how to maintain and further develop European access to the surface of Mars, the major destination for European exploration, following the most recent approved and developed (or currently in development) missions (ExoMars 2016, ExoMars RSP).
Thales Alenia Space
The activity 'Small Satellite Missions to Mars (S2M2)' is an early-phase architecture study of a potential low-cost mission to Mars as further step in the Mars exploration roadmap developed by ESA.
A potential implementation from industry’s point of view was assessed, applying the strict design-to-cost philosophy by fostering strong reuse of an available OHB platform. Trade-offs were performed for assessing a low-cost mission profile targeting the programmatic constraints that were input to this study.
OHB System AG
The aim of this study was to investigate potential small mission architectures that would further ESA's exploration objectives at Mars post-Mars Sample Return (in the 2030s) or potentially in parallel with MSR (if sufficiently low cost).
Airbus
As on Earth, space debris should not only be seen as a threat. Instead, the value of waste as a recycled good should be understood. On Earth, this potential is already fully recognised. The German recycling industry alone generates more revenue than the entire European space industry. Nevertheless, this treasure was never lifted in space.
Orbit Recycling
The Mars Surface Platform Capabilities Study aimed to provide ESA with an assessment of the state of the art in Mars lander technologies using ESA/European technologies with flight heritage. Airbus’ Mars lander experience is taken from the Beagle 2 probe launched in 2003 on board Mars Express.
The objectives of the study were to:
Airbus Defence &...
Previous ESA Studies, such as the LUNA study 'Artificial Analogue Concepts for Preparing Robotics and Human Exploration on the Moon' identified gaps in European infrastructures to simulate surface operations with lunar soil (simulant) in a vacuum. There exist several vacuum chambers or terrain models such as the coming EAC LUNA facility which can be used for testing equipment either in a vacuum or on a simulated lunar terrain, but not both.
COMEX SA
The focus of this study was the system-level assessment of potential small mission architectures that could operate at Mars in the 2030s, after or potentially in parallel with MSR mission.
In particular two cases were evaluated:
- Mission 1: Mars Communications Constellation (MCC), for supporting assets on the surface and providing science
- Mission 2: Mars Science Orbiter (MSO), a science-driven mission, remote sensing
Thales Alenia Space
Pages
Filter by programme:
Filter by start year:
Filter by end year:
Filter by keywords:
- Moon (16) Apply Moon filter
- ISRU (13) Apply ISRU filter
- Mars (6) Apply Mars filter
- Exploration (5) Apply Exploration filter
- Lunar Surface (5) Apply Lunar Surface filter
- Regolith (5) Apply Regolith filter
- 3d printing (4) Apply 3d printing filter
- Additive Manufacturing (4) Apply Additive Manufacturing filter
- lunar base (4) Apply lunar base filter
- Lunar Lander (4) Apply Lunar Lander filter
- Cave (3) Apply Cave filter
- Energy Storage (3) Apply Energy Storage filter
- lunar caves (3) Apply lunar caves filter
- Off-Earth manufacturing (3) Apply Off-Earth manufacturing filter
- Ariadna (2) Apply Ariadna filter
- Astronaut (2) Apply Astronaut filter
- HERA (2) Apply HERA filter
- Human spaceflight (2) Apply Human spaceflight filter
- inflatable (2) Apply inflatable filter
- Lander (2) Apply Lander filter
- Lunar (2) Apply Lunar filter
- moon village (2) Apply moon village filter
- Power (2) Apply Power filter
- Small Satellites (2) Apply Small Satellites filter
- Surface (2) Apply Surface filter
- Asteroid (1) Apply Asteroid filter
- Asteroids (1) Apply Asteroids filter
- Automation (1) Apply Automation filter
- Autonomy (1) Apply Autonomy filter
- Biology (1) Apply Biology filter
- Crane (1) Apply Crane filter
- DART (1) Apply DART filter
- DHVAC (1) Apply DHVAC filter
- GBF (1) Apply GBF filter
- Gravity (1) Apply Gravity filter
- Hopper (1) Apply Hopper filter
- Instrument (1) Apply Instrument filter
- ISS (1) Apply ISS filter
- Laser (1) Apply Laser filter
- Mission Design (1) Apply Mission Design filter
- NEA (1) Apply NEA filter
- NEO (1) Apply NEO filter
- Planetary (1) Apply Planetary filter
- Radar (1) Apply Radar filter
- recycling (1) Apply recycling filter
- Robotics (1) Apply Robotics filter
- Sleep (1) Apply Sleep filter
- Space debris (1) Apply Space debris filter
- Tether (1) Apply Tether filter
- Volatiles (1) Apply Volatiles filter
Filter by contractor:
- space (9) Apply space filter
- univers (7) Apply univers filter
- system (6) Apply system filter
- ag (5) Apply ag filter
- ohb (5) Apply ohb filter
- alenia (4) Apply alenia filter
- de (4) Apply de filter
- of (4) Apply of filter
- thale (4) Apply thale filter
- delft (3) Apply delft filter
- gmbh (3) Apply gmbh filter
- tu (3) Apply tu filter
- airbus (2) Apply airbus filter
- applic (2) Apply applic filter
- gmv (2) Apply gmv filter
- institut (2) Apply institut filter
- ltd (2) Apply ltd filter
- open (2) Apply open filter
- technolog (2) Apply technolog filter
- the (2) Apply the filter
- (ipag) (1) Apply (ipag) filter
- (sstl) (1) Apply (sstl) filter
- and (1) Apply and filter
- astronika (1) Apply astronika filter
- astrophysiqu (1) Apply astrophysiqu filter
- azur (1) Apply azur filter
- biositech (1) Apply biositech filter
- bruxell (1) Apply bruxell filter
- campioni (1) Apply campioni filter
- canadensi (1) Apply canadensi filter
- catalunya (1) Apply catalunya filter
- colleg (1) Apply colleg filter
- comex (1) Apply comex filter
- côte (1) Apply côte filter
- d'astrophysiqu (1) Apply d'astrophysiqu filter
- d`azur (1) Apply d`azur filter
- dastrophysiqu (1) Apply dastrophysiqu filter
- dazur (1) Apply dazur filter
- defenc (1) Apply defenc filter
- deg (1) Apply deg filter
- deutsch (1) Apply deutsch filter
- dfki (1) Apply dfki filter
- di (1) Apply di filter
- et (1) Apply et filter
- forschungszentrum (1) Apply forschungszentrum filter
- für (1) Apply für filter
- grenobl (1) Apply grenobl filter
- group (1) Apply group filter
- intelligenz (1) Apply intelligenz filter
- ipag (1) Apply ipag filter
Filter by country:
- Germany (11) Apply Germany filter
- Italy (6) Apply Italy filter
- France (5) Apply France filter
- Spain (5) Apply Spain filter
- UK (4) Apply UK filter
- Austria (3) Apply Austria filter
- Belgium (3) Apply Belgium filter
- The Netherlands (3) Apply The Netherlands filter
- United Kingdom (2) Apply United Kingdom filter
- Canada (1) Apply Canada filter
- Luxembourg (1) Apply Luxembourg filter
- Netherlands (1) Apply Netherlands filter
- Norway (1) Apply Norway filter
- Poland (1) Apply Poland filter
- Portugal (1) Apply Portugal filter
Filter by application domain:
- (-) Remove Exploration filter Exploration
Filter by competence domain:
- 6-Life & Physical Science Payloads, Life Support, Robotics & Automation (23) Apply 6-Life & Physical Science Payloads, Life Support, Robotics & Automation filter
- 2-Structures, Mechanisms, Materials, Thermal (12) Apply 2-Structures, Mechanisms, Materials, Thermal filter
- 4-Electric Architecture, Power and Energy, EMC (6) Apply 4-Electric Architecture, Power and Energy, EMC filter
- 3-Avionic Systems (3) Apply 3-Avionic Systems filter
- 7-Propulsion, Space Transportation and Re-entry Vehicles (3) Apply 7-Propulsion, Space Transportation and Re-entry Vehicles filter
- 8-Ground Systems and Mission Operations (3) Apply 8-Ground Systems and Mission Operations filter
- 10-Astrodynamics, Space Debris and Space Environment (3) Apply 10-Astrodynamics, Space Debris and Space Environment filter
- 1-EEE Components, Photonics, MEMS (1) Apply 1-EEE Components, Photonics, MEMS filter
- 5-Radiofrequency & Optical Systems and Products (1) Apply 5-Radiofrequency & Optical Systems and Products filter
Filter by technology domain:
- 22 - Environmental Control & Life Support (ECLS) and In Situ Resource Utilisation (ISRU) (13) Apply 22 - Environmental Control & Life Support (ECLS) and In Situ Resource Utilisation (ISRU) filter
- 24 - Materials and Manufacturing Processes (9) Apply 24 - Materials and Manufacturing Processes filter
- 13 - Automation, Telepresence & Robotics (8) Apply 13 - Automation, Telepresence & Robotics filter
- 14 - Life & Physical Sciences (6) Apply 14 - Life & Physical Sciences filter
- 3 - Space Systems Electrical Power (4) Apply 3 - Space Systems Electrical Power filter
- 9 - Mission Operation and Ground Data Systems (4) Apply 9 - Mission Operation and Ground Data Systems filter
- 10 - Flight Dynamics and GNSS (4) Apply 10 - Flight Dynamics and GNSS filter
- 5 - Space System Control (3) Apply 5 - Space System Control filter
- 8 - System Design & Verification (3) Apply 8 - System Design & Verification filter
- 21 - Thermal (2) Apply 21 - Thermal filter
- 1 - On-board Data Subsystems (1) Apply 1 - On-board Data Subsystems filter
- 2 - Space System Software (1) Apply 2 - Space System Software filter
- 4 - Space Systems Environments and Effects (1) Apply 4 - Space Systems Environments and Effects filter
- 6 - RF Subsystems, Payloads and Technologies (1) Apply 6 - RF Subsystems, Payloads and Technologies filter
- 11 - Space Debris (1) Apply 11 - Space Debris filter
- 16 - Optics (1) Apply 16 - Optics filter
- 18 - Fluid Dynamics (1) Apply 18 - Fluid Dynamics filter
- 20 - Structures (1) Apply 20 - Structures filter
- 23 - Electrical, Electronic and Electro-mechanical (EEE) Components and Quality (1) Apply 23 - Electrical, Electronic and Electro-mechanical (EEE) Components and Quality filter