session 3B

Title: Mars Exploration – Science, Instruments and Technologies
Description: The planet Mars is being explored now and in the coming years with multiple robotic missions from a variety of nations. This session will cover science, instruments and technologies for Mars missions including expected experiments. Papers on any aspects of the search for evidence or extinct Martian life, and forward and backward contamination are particularly welcome.
Date: 2024-10-16
Time: 15:00
Room: Space Hall 1

IPC members

Co-Chair: Mr. Vincenzo Giorgio, Thales Alenia Space Italia, Italy;
Co-Chair: Mr. Pierre W. Bousquet, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), France;
Rapporteur: Mrs. Amalia Ercoli Finzi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy;
Rapporteur: Ms. Cheryl L.B. Reed, Northrop Grumman Corporation, United States;

papers
Order	Time	Paper title	Mode	Presentation status	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
1	15:00	Mars Sample Return – Status of the Earth Return Orbiter Mission	12	confirmed	Mr. Tiago Loureiro	European Space Agency (ESA)	The Netherlands
2	15:12	Keeping it Simple: A Single Launch Mars Sample Return Mission Concept	12	confirmed	Mr. Michael Elsperman	The Boeing Company	United States
3	15:24	Rendezvous with orbiting Mars samples -- System design and operations approach.	12	confirmed	Ms. Kelly Geelen	ESA - European Space Agency	The Netherlands
4	15:36	sample transfer arm for mars sample return mission	12	confirmed	Dr. Francesco Cavenago	Leonardo S.p.A	Italy
5	15:48	Architecture and Development of a Mission Compliant Robotic Sample Pickup Arm System for Mars Sample Return Campaign	12	confirmed	Mr. Ricardo Sanchez Ibanez	Airbus Defence and Space Ltd	United Kingdom
6	16:00	Design and Implementation of Radio Open-loop Signal Extracting (ROSE) Software for Mars Exploration	12	confirmed	Dr. Lue Chen	Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC)	China
7	16:12	bridging the gap: exploring the challenges and opportunities of earth-mars communication	12	confirmed	Ms. Hoda Elmegharbel	Egyptian Space Agency (EgSA)	Egypt
8	16:24	The Mars Oxygen ISRU Experiment: Control Methods and Steps Towards Autonomous Propellant Production on Mars	12	confirmed	Mr. Kyle Horn	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	United States
9	16:36	BESIDES (BiomolEcular SIgnature DEtection System): a lab-on-chip-based analytical platform for life biomarkers detection in astrobiology investigations	12	confirmed	Prof. Mara Mirasoli	Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna	Italy
10	16:48	Evolution of Robotics GNC Technology in Airbus for Planetary Exploration Missions	12	confirmed	Mr. Róbert Marc	Airbus Defence and Space	United Kingdom
11	17:00	A collaborative robotic system for entering and mapping Martian caves	5	confirmed	Ms. Venkata Aakanksha Devaguptapu	Cranfield University, Cranfield UK	United Kingdom
12	17:05	Planetary protection trades and lessons learned from designing Mars Sample Return’s Capture, Containment & Return System	12	confirmed	Dr. Giuseppe Cataldo	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Goddard Space Flight Center	United States
13	17:17	phase-a design of a mars exploration aerial vehicle	5	confirmed	Prof. Antonio Viviani	Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"	Italy
14	17:22	Proposal for the design of a hexapod robot with flight capability for the exploration of difficult terrain on Mars	5	confirmed	Mr. Alejandro José Agapito Quiñones	Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería (Lima, Perù)	Peru
15	17:27	Development and performance of a downhole module for Martian deep drilling and excavation	5	confirmed	Dr. Krzysztof Bzdyk	School of Engineering, University of Glasgow	United Kingdom
16	17:32	Enhanced MADDPG with Energy Awareness for Cooperative Path Planning of UAV and UGV on Mars	5	confirmed	Dr. mahya ramezani	University of Luxembourg	Luxembourg

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