TY - GEN
T1 - The MMX Rover on Phobos
T2 - 2021 IEEE Aerospace Conference, AERO 2021
AU - Vayugundla, Mallikarjuna
AU - Bodenmuller, Tim
AU - Schuster, Martin J.
AU - Muller, Marcus G.
AU - Meyer, Lukas
AU - Kenny, Patrick
AU - Schuler, Florian
AU - Bihler, Markus
AU - Sturzl, Wolfgang
AU - Steinmetz, Bernhard Michael
AU - Langwald, Jorg
AU - Lund, Andreas
AU - Giubilato, Riccardo
AU - Wedler, Armin
AU - Triebel, Rudolph
AU - Smisek, Michal
AU - Grebenstein, Markus
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 IEEE.
PY - 2021/3/6
Y1 - 2021/3/6
N2 - This paper summarizes the challenges of deep space planetary robotic-exploration missions, using the example of the DLR Autonomous Navigation Experiment within the MMX Rover project, and presents a preliminary design of the proposed solution to safe navigation of the MMX Rover on Pho-bose The MMX Rover, a joint contribution of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the Centre National dEtudes Spatiales (CNES) is part of the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) Mission by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), whose mission objective is to understand the origin of the two Martian moons. The mission involves scientific data collection and a sample return from Phobos, the bigger of the two Martian moons. The mission is scheduled to launch in the third quarter of 2024. The MMX Rover will fly as a payload and will be jettisoned onto Phobos from a low altitude of about 40 metres. The rover has multiple objectives: terrain assessment to mitigate the risk for the sample-return approach of the spacecraft, exploration of the surface of Phobos and act as a scientific and technology demonstration platform. In this context, the Robotics and Mechatronics Institute, DLR, is preparing to perform an Autonomous Navigation Experiment as a technology demonstration to showcase the advantages of robot autonomy for exploring distant celestial bodies. If successful, the MMX Rover will be the first man-made object to land on and explore Phobos.
AB - This paper summarizes the challenges of deep space planetary robotic-exploration missions, using the example of the DLR Autonomous Navigation Experiment within the MMX Rover project, and presents a preliminary design of the proposed solution to safe navigation of the MMX Rover on Pho-bose The MMX Rover, a joint contribution of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the Centre National dEtudes Spatiales (CNES) is part of the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) Mission by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), whose mission objective is to understand the origin of the two Martian moons. The mission involves scientific data collection and a sample return from Phobos, the bigger of the two Martian moons. The mission is scheduled to launch in the third quarter of 2024. The MMX Rover will fly as a payload and will be jettisoned onto Phobos from a low altitude of about 40 metres. The rover has multiple objectives: terrain assessment to mitigate the risk for the sample-return approach of the spacecraft, exploration of the surface of Phobos and act as a scientific and technology demonstration platform. In this context, the Robotics and Mechatronics Institute, DLR, is preparing to perform an Autonomous Navigation Experiment as a technology demonstration to showcase the advantages of robot autonomy for exploring distant celestial bodies. If successful, the MMX Rover will be the first man-made object to land on and explore Phobos.
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U2 - 10.1109/AERO50100.2021.9438496
DO - 10.1109/AERO50100.2021.9438496
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85111380684
T3 - IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings
BT - 2021 IEEE Aerospace Conference, AERO 2021
PB - IEEE Computer Society
Y2 - 6 March 2021 through 13 March 2021
ER -