The Lunar Analog ISRU Rover Artemis Jr.
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 12th Symposium on Advanced Space Technologies in Automation and Robotics, May, 2013
Abstract
The Regolith and Environment Science and Oxygen and Lunar Volatiles Extraction (RESOLVE) project aims to verify the presence of water and other volatiles on the Moon, and to serve as a precursor for future prospecting missions. The Artemis Jr. rover was developed as the surface mobility component of the RESOLVE project, and was specifically designed to accommodate In Situ Resource Utilization payloads for analogue field testing. This paper outlines the design of the Artemis Jr. rover, with emphasis on the mobility, power, avionics and navigation subsystem design and performance. The rover performance is quantified by a review of results obtained during the NASA-led ISRU analogue mission in July 2012.
BibTeX
@conference{Cristello-2013-120679,author = {Nick Cristello and Michele Faragalli and Brad Jones and Peter Iles and Ewan Reid and Jason Muise and Peter Visscher and Dale Boucher and Vincent Simard-Bilodeau and Dimi Apostolopoulos and Paul Rocco and Martin Picard},
title = {The Lunar Analog ISRU Rover Artemis Jr.},
booktitle = {Proceedings of 12th Symposium on Advanced Space Technologies in Automation and Robotics},
year = {2013},
month = {May},
}
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