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    Title

    Space Exploration Overview

    type

    oral

    Description

    This Session covers Space Exploration strategies and architectures, as well as technology roadmaps. Papers of both national and international perspectives are invited, as are papers dealing with the emerging area of commercial space exploration activities.

    Date

    2026-10-05

    Time

    16:30

    Room

    E3

    IPC members
    • Co-Chair: Mr. Keyur Patel, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States;

    • Co-Chair: Dr. Norbert Frischauf, TU Graz, Austria;

    • Rapporteur: Mr. Dmitry Zarubin, Space Research Institute (IKI), Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Russian Federation;

    papers

    Order

    Time

    Paper title

    Mode

    Presentation status

    Speaker

    Affiliation

    Country

    1

    16:30

    The Future of Science in Space: What it Looks Like to be an Implementation Partner in the Fading Days of the International Space Station

    10

    Mr. Michael Lewis

    Voyager Technologies

    United States

    2

    16:40

    Space Exploration Technology Roadmap: the Space It Up! approach

    10

    confirmed

    Dr. Nunzia Favaloro

    CIRA Italian Aerospace Research Centre

    Italy

    4

    16:50

    DLR’s current robotic activities in exploration

    10

    confirmed

    Dr. Armin Wedler

    German Aerospace Center (DLR)

    Germany

    5

    17:00

    Orbital Stations as Multi-Gravity Testbeds

    10

    confirmed

    Dr. Sandra Haeuplik-Meusburger

    Technische Universität Wien (TU Wien)

    Austria

    6

    17:10

    Low-Cost Access to Near-Earth Targets Using a Universal Electric-Propulsion SmallSat Platform

    10

    confirmed

    Prof. Mikhail Ovchinnikov

    Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, RAS

    Russian Federation

    7

    17:20

    Mission Design Architecture of the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt

    10

    confirmed

    Ms. Fatema Al Hameli

    UAE Space Agency

    United Arab Emirates

    8

    17:30

    Emirates Mission to the Asteroids Belt Overview

    10

    confirmed

    Mr. Mohsen Al Awadhi

    UAE Space Agency

    United Arab Emirates

    9

    17:40

    Beyond a Single View: Transforming Heliospheric Science with the 4π Solar Mission

    10

    confirmed

    Dr. Nour E. Raouafi

    The John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

    United States

    10

    17:50

    Vibrational Spectroscopy and Machine Learning Methods for Deciphering Complex Mineral Assemblages: Applications to Planetary Exploration

    10

    Dr. Roman Shendrik

    A. P. Vinogradov Institute of Geochemistry SB RAS

    Russian Federation