Photophoretic Propulsion

Igor BargatinUniversity of Pennsylvania

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TFINER

The Thin-Film Nuclear Engine Rocket (TFINER) is a novel space propulsion technology that enables aggressive space exploration for missions that are impossible

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MaRS ICICLE

Aaswath Pattabhi RamanUniversity of California, Los Angeles

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Gravity Poppers

The goal of this effort is to develop a robust and affordable mission architecture that enables the gravimetric density reconstruction of small body interiors

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Oxygen Production

Alvaro Romero-CalvoGeorgia Tech Research Corporation

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Autonomous Tritium Micropowered Sensors

Peter CabauyCity Labs, Inc.

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Orbital Debris

The proposed investigation will address key technological challenges associated with a previously funded NIAC Phase I award titled "On-Orbit, Collision-Free

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TOBIAS

A basketball-sized towbody containing a camera, atmospheric sampling instruments, and support hardware is suspended on a multi-kilometer tether from a

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LEAP

We propose Legged Exploration Across the Plume (LEAP), based on the Salto jumping robot as a novel multi-jet robotic sampling concept for Enceladus to be

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