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Himangshu Kalita, Alvaro Diaz-Flores and Jekan Thangavelautham
Missions targeting the extreme and rugged environments on the moon and Mars have rich potential for a high science return, although several risks exist in performing these exploration missions. The current generation of robots is unable to access these h...
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Adrien Bouskela, Alexandre Kling, Tristan Schuler, Sergey Shkarayev, Himangshu Kalita and Jekan Thangavelautham
We present the preliminary design of sailplanes, used for Mars exploration. The sailplanes mitigate the weight and energy storage limitations traditionally associated with powered flight by instead exploiting atmospheric wind gradients for dynamic soarin...
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Himangshu Kalita and Jekan Thangavelautham
The miniaturization of electronics, sensors, and actuators has enabled the growing use of nanosatellites for earth observation, astrophysics, and even interplanetary missions. This rise of nanosatellites has led to the development of an inventory of modu...
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