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1. Conception of a compact flow boiling loop for the International Space Station- First results in parabolic flights

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Paul Chorin, Antoine Boned, Julien Sebilleau, Catherine Colin, Olaf Schoele-Schulz, Nicola Picchi, Christian Schwarz, Balazs Toth, Daniele Mangini, Institut de mécanique des fluides de Toulouse (IMFT), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université de Toulouse (UT), Fédération de Recherche Fluides, Energie, Réacteurs, Matériaux et Transferts (FERMAT), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse (INSA Toulouse), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Airbus Defence and Space [Bremen], Airbus Defence and Space [Taufkirchen], European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), Agence Spatiale Européenne = European Space Agency (ESA), and GDR 2799 Micropesanteur Fondamentale & Appliquée

Subjects
Flow visualisation, Bubbly flow, Mechanics of Materials, General Materials Science, Microgravity, Flow boiling, Dean Vortex, [SPI.MECA.MEFL]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Mechanics [physics.med-ph]/Fluids mechanics [physics.class-ph]
Abstract

International audience; The design of a pipe flow boiling experiment for the International Space Station is proposed, taking into account typical weight, power consumption and size constraints. The effect of singularities such as elbows upstream the test section is investigated. Velocity profiles downstream two elbows, measured by Particle Image Velocimetry are in good agreement with numerical simulation and allow to determine a specific distance (decay length) downstream the elbows for which the velocity profile recover its axisymmetry. From these results a breadboard is designed and tested in parabolic flights. Care has been taken to generate boiling downstream the decay length. Two-phase bubbly flow is observed with 2 perpendicular high-speed cameras in the test section and a symmetry of the bubble distribution in the pipe is verified for different gravity conditions when the bubbles are created after the decay length.

Published
2023

2. The active space debris removal mission RemoveDebris. Part 2: in orbit operations

Author

Simon Fellowes, N. Vinkoff, François Chaumette, Ingo Retat, Thomas Chabot, Alex Hall, Zarkesh A., K. Bashford, Alexandre Pollini, Cesar Bernal, Guglielmo S. Aglietti, A. Mafficini, Willem H. Steyn, B. Taylor, Carol Cox, Thierry Salmon, Aurélien Pisseloup, Surrey Space Centre [Guildford], University of Surrey (UNIS), Ariane Group [Bordeaux], Airbus Defence and Space [Bremen], Airbus Defence and Space [Taufkirchen], Airbus Group [Germany], Airbus [France], ASTRIUM, EADS - European Aeronautic Defense and Space, Airbus Defence and Space [Toulouse], Surrey Satellite Technology (UNITED KINGDOM), Innovative Solutions In Space [Delft] (ISIS), Sensor-based and interactive robotics (RAINBOW), Inria Rennes – Bretagne Atlantique, Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-SIGNAUX ET IMAGES NUMÉRIQUES, ROBOTIQUE (IRISA-D5), Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Systèmes Aléatoires (IRISA), Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-École normale supérieure - Rennes (ENS Rennes)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-CentraleSupélec-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-IMT Atlantique (IMT Atlantique), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Systèmes Aléatoires (IRISA), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-École normale supérieure - Rennes (ENS Rennes)-CentraleSupélec-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-IMT Atlantique (IMT Atlantique), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT), Centre Suisse d'Electronique et Microtechnique SA (CSEM), Stellenbosch University, European Project: 607099,EC:FP7:SPA,FP7-SPACE-2013-1,REMOVEDEBRIS(2013), Airbus Defence and Space [Deutschland], Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-École normale supérieure - Rennes (ENS Rennes)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-CentraleSupélec-IMT Atlantique Bretagne-Pays de la Loire (IMT Atlantique), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), and Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-École normale supérieure - Rennes (ENS Rennes)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1)

Subjects
ADR, Computer science, debris removal, Aerospace Engineering, 02 engineering and technology, 01 natural sciences, net, vision-based navigation, 0203 mechanical engineering, harpoon, 0103 physical sciences, International Space Station, [INFO.INFO-RB]Computer Science [cs]/Robotics [cs.RO], Aerospace engineering, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, 020301 aerospace & aeronautics, Vision based, business.industry, space debris, Harpoon, Debris, deorbiting, Active space, Orbit (dynamics), Satellite, dragsail, business, Space debris
Abstract

This is the second of two companion papers that describe the development of the RemoveDEBRIS space mission. This second article describes the in-orbit operations that were performed to demonstrate technologies to be used for the active removal of space debris, whereas the first paper described the development of the satellite's hardware. The RemoveDebris mission has been the world's first Active Debris Removal (ADR) mission to successfully demonstrate, in orbit, some cost effective technologies, including net and harpoon capture; and elements of the whole sequence of operations, like the vision-based navigation. The satellite was launched the 2nd of April 2018, to the International Space Station (ISS) and from there, on the 20th of June 2018, was deployed via the NanoRacks Kaber system into an orbit of 405 km altitude. During the mission, two 2U CubeSats have been released by the mothercraft platform as artificial debris targets, to demonstrate net capture and cameras to be used for vision based navigation. Harpoon capture has been demonstrated by deploying a target and then firing at it a harpoon tethered to the platform. The various phases of the missions have been monitored using relevant telemetry and video cameras, and this paper reports the results of the various demonstrations.

Published
2020

3. The active space debris removal mission RemoveDebris. Part 1: from concept to launch

Author

Cesar Bernal, Guglielmo S. Aglietti, Willem H. Steyn, Ingo Retat, Alex Hall, Jason L. Forshaw, Aurélien Pisseloup, François Chaumette, Thierry Salmon, Daniel Tye, Simon Fellowes, Alexandre Pollini, Thomas Chabot, Surrey Space Centre [Guildford], University of Surrey (UNIS), Ariane Group [Bordeaux], Airbus Defence and Space [Bremen], Airbus Defence and Space [Taufkirchen], Airbus Defence and Space [Stevenage], ASTRIUM, EADS - European Aeronautic Defense and Space, Airbus Group Innovations [Toulouse], Airbus [France], Surrey Satellite Technology Limited [Guildford] (SSTL), Innovative Solutions In Space [Delft] (ISIS), Sensor-based and interactive robotics (RAINBOW), Inria Rennes – Bretagne Atlantique, Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-SIGNAUX ET IMAGES NUMÉRIQUES, ROBOTIQUE (IRISA-D5), Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Systèmes Aléatoires (IRISA), Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-École normale supérieure - Rennes (ENS Rennes)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-CentraleSupélec-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-IMT Atlantique (IMT Atlantique), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Systèmes Aléatoires (IRISA), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-École normale supérieure - Rennes (ENS Rennes)-CentraleSupélec-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-IMT Atlantique (IMT Atlantique), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT), Centre Suisse d'Electronique et Microtechnique SA (CSEM), Stellenbosch University, European Project: 607099,EC:FP7:SPA,FP7-SPACE-2013-1,REMOVEDEBRIS(2013), Airbus Defence and Space [Deutschland], Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-École normale supérieure - Rennes (ENS Rennes)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-CentraleSupélec-IMT Atlantique Bretagne-Pays de la Loire (IMT Atlantique), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), and Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-École normale supérieure - Rennes (ENS Rennes)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1)

Subjects
Engineering, ADR, Integration testing, debris removal, Aerospace Engineering, ComputerApplications_COMPUTERSINOTHERSYSTEMS, 02 engineering and technology, 01 natural sciences, net, vision-based navigation, 0203 mechanical engineering, Mission design, harpoon, 0103 physical sciences, [INFO.INFO-RB]Computer Science [cs]/Robotics [cs.RO], 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, 020301 aerospace & aeronautics, Spacecraft, business.industry, space debris, Debris, deorbiting, Active space, Software deployment, Systems engineering, Satellite, dragsail, business, Active Debris Removal, Space debris
Abstract

This is the first of two companion papers that describe the development of the RemoveDEBRIS; mission. This first article focusses on the mission design and hardware development up to the delivery of the spacecraft to the launch authority. The Second article describes the in-orbit operations. The European Commission funded RemoveDebris mission has been the world's first Active Debris Removal (ADR) missions to demonstrate, in orbit, some cost effective key technologies, including net and harpoon capture; and elements of the whole sequence of operations, like the vision-based navigation, ultimately planning to terminate the mission with the deployment of the dragsail to de-orbit the craft. The mission has utilised two 2U CubeSats as artificial debris targets released from the main 100 kg satellite, to demonstrate the various technologies. This paper examines the design of the mission from initial concepts through to Manufacture, Assembly Integration and Testing of the payloads, up to launch, and apart from a general consideration of the mission, will focus on the elements of design and testing that differ from a conventional mission.

Published
2020

4. Survey Paper RemoveDEBRIS: An in-orbit demonstration of technologies for the removal of space debris

Author

Aglietti, Guglielmo, Taylor, Ben, Fellowes, Simon, Ainley, Sean, Tye, Dan, Cox, Christopher, Zarkesh, Ali, Mafficini, Andrea, Vinkoff, N., Bashford, Katie, Salmon, Thierry, Retat, Ingo, Burgess, Christopher, Hall, Alexander, Chabot, Thomas, Kanani, Keyvan, Pisseloup, Aurélien, Bernal, Cesar, Chaumette, François, Pollini, Alexandre, Steyn, Willem, University of Surrey (UNIS), Surrey Satellite Technology Limited [Guildford] (SSTL), Airbus Safran Launchers [Bordeaux], Airbus Defence and Space [Bremen], Airbus Defence and Space [Taufkirchen], Airbus Defence and Space [Stevenage], Airbus Defence and Space [Toulouse], Innovative Solutions In Space [Delft] (ISIS), Sensor-based and interactive robotics (RAINBOW), Inria Rennes – Bretagne Atlantique, Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-SIGNAUX ET IMAGES NUMÉRIQUES, ROBOTIQUE (IRISA-D5), Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Systèmes Aléatoires (IRISA), Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-École normale supérieure - Rennes (ENS Rennes)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-CentraleSupélec-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-IMT Atlantique (IMT Atlantique), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Systèmes Aléatoires (IRISA), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-École normale supérieure - Rennes (ENS Rennes)-CentraleSupélec-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-IMT Atlantique (IMT Atlantique), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT), Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique SA [Neuchatel] (CSEM), Centre Suisse d'Electronique et Microtechnique SA (CSEM), Stellenbosch University, European Project: 607099,EC:FP7:SPA,FP7-SPACE-2013-1,REMOVEDEBRIS(2013), Airbus Defence and Space [Deutschland], Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-École normale supérieure - Rennes (ENS Rennes)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-CentraleSupélec-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-IMT Atlantique Bretagne-Pays de la Loire (IMT Atlantique), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), and Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-École normale supérieure - Rennes (ENS Rennes)-CentraleSupélec-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-IMT Atlantique Bretagne-Pays de la Loire (IMT Atlantique)

Subjects
[INFO.INFO-RB]Computer Science [cs]/Robotics [cs.RO], ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
Abstract

International audience

Published
2020

5. Use of FLUMIAS to reveal dynamic cellular changes initiated by statolith movement in Arabidopsis thaliana root cells: first observations from parabolic flight campaign

Author

Ditengou, F., Legué, V, Brugman, R., Pereda-Loth, V., Schültze, E., Tisseyre, L., RAPP, K., Oltmann, H., Feldmann, S., Cordes, P., Grossmann, G., Ruperti, B., Palme, K., University of Freiburg [Freiburg], Laboratoire de Physique et Physiologie Intégratives de l’Arbre en environnement Fluctuant - Clermont Auvergne (PIAF), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA), Universität Heidelberg [Heidelberg], Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Airbus Defence and Space [Bremen], Airbus Defence and Space [Deutschland], Universita degli Studi di Padova, CNES, Laboratoire de Physique et Physiologie Intégratives de l’Arbre en environnement Fluctuant (PIAF), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université Clermont Auvergne [2017-2020] (UCA [2017-2020]), Universität Heidelberg [Heidelberg] = Heidelberg University, Université de Toulouse (UT), Airbus Defence and Space [Taufkirchen], and Università degli Studi di Padova = University of Padua (Unipd)

Subjects
food and beverages, [SDV.BC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cellular Biology
Abstract

International audience; Plants ability to orient their growth with respect to external stimuli such as gravity. In plant roots, gravity sensing cells called statocytes, contain starch-filled plastids (statoliths). These organelles which sediment following gravity vector change, are involved in gravity sensing as position sensor. At the end of the signaling pathway, the localization of PIN auxin efflux carrier proteins (e.g. PIN3), become repolarized leading to redirected auxin flux to the lower side of the root columella. However, the mechanisms how statoliths displacement triggers the relocalisation of PIN has not yet been elucidated. Recently, we performed an experiment using the FLUMIAS spinning disc microscope and its unique spatial and timely resolution. It enabled us to study for the first time the gravity sensing phase during parabolic flights. Namely the simultaneous in vivo monitoring of (1) the dynamics of statoliths mouvement and of (2) fluorescent markers of cell organelles such as the actin cytoskeleton, and fluorescent auxin transport proteins such as PIN3::GFP were managed. Successive parabolas during parabolic flight campaign exposed Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings grown in the RootChip chamber to multiple successive gravistimuli (0.25g, 0.5g, 0.75g). We thank the DLR, CNES and ESA for financial support and Novespace for technical support.

Published
2018

6. Remove Debris Mission, From Concept to Orbit

Author

Taylor, Ben, Aglietti, Guglielmo, Fellowes, Simon, Ainley, Sean, Salmon, Thierry, Retat, Ingo, Burgess, Christopher, Hall, A, Chabot, Thomas, Kanan, K, Pisseloup, Aurélien, Bernal, Cesar, Chaumette, François, Pollini, Alexandre, Steyn, Willem, Surrey Space Centre [Guildford], University of Surrey (UNIS), Surrey Satellite Technology Limited [Guildford] (SSTL), Airbus Safran Launchers [Bordeaux], Airbus Defence and Space [Bremen], Airbus Defence and Space [Deutschland], Airbus Defence and Space [Stevenage], Airbus Defence and Space [Toulouse], Innovative Solutions In Space [Delft] (ISIS), Sensor-based and interactive robotics (RAINBOW), Inria Rennes – Bretagne Atlantique, Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-SIGNAUX ET IMAGES NUMÉRIQUES, ROBOTIQUE (IRISA-D5), Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Systèmes Aléatoires (IRISA), Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-École normale supérieure - Rennes (ENS Rennes)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-CentraleSupélec-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-IMT Atlantique Bretagne-Pays de la Loire (IMT Atlantique), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Systèmes Aléatoires (IRISA), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-École normale supérieure - Rennes (ENS Rennes)-CentraleSupélec-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-IMT Atlantique Bretagne-Pays de la Loire (IMT Atlantique), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT), Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique SA [Neuchatel] (CSEM), Centre Suisse d'Electronique et Microtechnique SA (CSEM), Stellenbosch University, European Project: 607099,EC:FP7:SPA,FP7-SPACE-2013-1,REMOVEDEBRIS(2013), Airbus Defence and Space [Taufkirchen], Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-École normale supérieure - Rennes (ENS Rennes)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-CentraleSupélec-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-IMT Atlantique (IMT Atlantique), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-École normale supérieure - Rennes (ENS Rennes)-CentraleSupélec-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-IMT Atlantique (IMT Atlantique), Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-École normale supérieure - Rennes (ENS Rennes)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-CentraleSupélec-IMT Atlantique Bretagne-Pays de la Loire (IMT Atlantique), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), and Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-École normale supérieure - Rennes (ENS Rennes)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1)

Subjects
[INFO.INFO-RB]Computer Science [cs]/Robotics [cs.RO]
Abstract

International audience; The RemoveDebris mission will be the first European Active Debris Removal (ADR) missions to give an in orbit demonstration of the viability of a series of cost effective technologies that can be used to observe, capture and destroy space debris. RemoveDebris is a low cost mission performing key active debris removal (ADR) technology demonstrations including the use of a net, a harpoon, vision-based navigation (VBN) and a dragsail in a realistic space operational environment. For the purposes of the mission two CubeSats will be ejected and used as targets for experiments instead of real space debris, which is an important step towards a fully operational ADR mission.

Published
2018

7. Quantifying performance in human-robotic integrated operations for spaceflight applications: a mission-driven approach

Author

Hosseini, Shahrzad, Causse, Mickaël, Landgraf, Markus, Krueger, Thomas, Lizy-Destrez, Stéphanie, Dehais, Frédéric, Airbus (FRANCE), Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace - ISAE-SUPAERO (FRANCE), ESA - ESTEC (NETHERLANDS), Département Conception et conduite des véhicules Aéronautiques et Spatiaux (DCAS), Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace (ISAE-SUPAERO), European Space Agency (ESA), Airbus Defence and Space [Bremen], and Airbus Defence and Space [Deutschland]

Subjects
[SPI.OTHER]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Other, Neuroergonomics, Autre, Human-Robotic Integrated Operations, Performance, Human Factors, HumanFactors, Analogue Test, Space Exploration, Lunar Operations, Neuroscience
Abstract

International audience; As the global space exploration community moves towards the exploration of the Moon and beyond, so mustthe preparation of crew operations. Given the distinct operational requirements of human lunar explorationscenarios compared to the on-going ISS operations, the study of human-robotic integrated operations (HRIO)is key in the endeavour of mankind’s return to the Moon and enabling a sustainable exploration strategy.Moving beyond qualitative performance assessments of HRIO, one particular issue for exploration destinationsare time-delay conditions, and therefore the step must be made towards quantifying performance in theseoperations such that both crew and system designs are prepared accordingly. Based on the pilot studypreviously presented in Hosseini et al. [1], the current paper presents a mission-driven experiment campaignset up to study human performance regarding the ESA-led HERACLES mission, a proposed sub-scaletele-operated demonstrator mission aiming to prepare international partners for human lunar missions. Atargeted geological site in a lunar crater is set up in an analogue environment at ESA allowing a roverto be tele-operated. The knowledge gap in HRIO is challenged in this study, since reaching this level ofhuman-robotic partnership requires an unprecedented understanding of the interaction between the humanand robotic system. The approach to fill this gap is to quantify objectively the HRIO performance forspaceflight applications, by studying human and robotic elements as two separate yet cooperating systems.16 participants were instructed to drive the rover through an obstacle course using a controller and camera asinterface to the rover. Three mission-driven time-delay conditions were applied to simulate different controlconfigurations, i.e. 3.5s, 0.5s, and 0s representing control from ground, cis-lunar space, and lunar surface,respectively, assuming the rover is driving on the lunar surface. The experiment is set up such that human performance metrics are acquired following a neuroergonomics approach, focusing on the cardiovascularactivity to infer participant’s mental workload, and ocular behaviour, to measure attentional abilities. Inparallel, robotic metrics are acquired through the hardware and software output of the rover. Studyinghuman and robotic data output recorded in parallel allows quantification of the level of mental workloadunder the delay conditions and the resulting effects on the HRIO performance. This approach is believed toadvance the level of detail and understanding of HRIO as known to date, subsequently identifying the keyelements to prepare astronauts for future missions

Published
2018

8. The removedebris adr mission: Launch from the ISS, operations and experimental timelines

Author

Forshaw, J. L., Aglietti, G. S., Salmon, T., Retat, I., Hall, A., Chabot, T., Pisseloup, A., Tye, D., Bernal, C., Chaumette, F., Pollini, A., Willem Steyn, Surrey Space Centre [Guildford], University of Surrey (UNIS), Airbus Safran Launchers [Bordeaux], Airbus Defence and Space [Bremen], Airbus Defence and Space [Taufkirchen], Airbus Defence and Space [Stevenage], Airbus Defence and Space [Toulouse], Airbus Defence and Space [Saint-Médard-en-Jalles], Surrey Satellite Technology Limited [Guildford] (SSTL), Innovative Solutions In Space [Delft] (ISIS), Sensor-based and interactive robotics (RAINBOW), Inria Rennes – Bretagne Atlantique, Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-SIGNAUX ET IMAGES NUMÉRIQUES, ROBOTIQUE (IRISA-D5), Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Systèmes Aléatoires (IRISA), Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-École normale supérieure - Rennes (ENS Rennes)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-CentraleSupélec-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-IMT Atlantique (IMT Atlantique), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Systèmes Aléatoires (IRISA), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-École normale supérieure - Rennes (ENS Rennes)-CentraleSupélec-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-IMT Atlantique (IMT Atlantique), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT), Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique SA [Neuchatel] (CSEM), Centre Suisse d'Electronique et Microtechnique SA (CSEM), Stellenbosch University, European Project: 607099,EC:FP7:SPA,FP7-SPACE-2013-1,REMOVEDEBRIS(2013), Airbus Defence and Space [Deutschland], Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-École normale supérieure - Rennes (ENS Rennes)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-CentraleSupélec-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-IMT Atlantique Bretagne-Pays de la Loire (IMT Atlantique), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-École normale supérieure - Rennes (ENS Rennes)-CentraleSupélec-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-IMT Atlantique Bretagne-Pays de la Loire (IMT Atlantique), Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-École normale supérieure - Rennes (ENS Rennes)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-CentraleSupélec-IMT Atlantique Bretagne-Pays de la Loire (IMT Atlantique), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), and Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-École normale supérieure - Rennes (ENS Rennes)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1)

Subjects
net, vision-based navigation, ADR, harpoon, debris removal, [INFO.INFO-RB]Computer Science [cs]/Robotics [cs.RO], ComputerApplications_COMPUTERSINOTHERSYSTEMS, dragsail, deorbiting
Abstract

International audience; The EC FP7 RemoveDebris mission aims to be one of the world's first Active Debris Removal (ADR) missions to demonstrate key technologies in-orbit in a cost-effective ambitious manner, including: net capture, harpoon capture, vision-based navigation, dragsail de-orbitation. The mission will utilise two CubeSats as artificial debris targets to demonstrate the technologies. In early 2018, the main 100 kg satellite will launch to the International Space Station (ISS) where it will be deployed via the NanoRacks Kaber system into an orbit of around 400 km. The mission comes to an end in 2018 with all space entities having been de-orbited. Previous papers have outlined the mission architecture and design, the demonstrations, and the test campaign. This paper continues by initially overviewing the pre-flight final configuration of the payloads and platform. The second section will focus on the specifics of the launch via Space X / NanoRacks, and compliance to the NASA safety reviews. As the satellite is being transported to the ISS as cargo, it will require manipulation by astronauts to ready it for deployment. The final section will detail the planned operational timeline, including the timeframe for the experiments, an overview of the operational sequences to be performed and the desired mission results. Future mega-satellite constellations are now being proposed, where hundreds to thousands of satellites are being launched into orbit. A coherent strategy, along with technological and platform developments, is needed for de-orbiting, re-orbiting, or servicing of such constellations. The RemoveDebris mission is a vital prerequisite to achieving the ultimate goal of a cleaner Earth orbital environment, and is a core step in the development of active removal vehicles, or on-orbit servicing vehicles of the future.

9. Review of final payload test results for the removedebris active debris removal mission

Author

Forshaw, J. L., Aglietti, G. S., Salmon, T., Retat, I., Roe, M., Burgess, C., Chabot, T., Pisseloup, A., Phipps, A., Bernal, C., Chaumette, F., Pollini, A., Willem Steyn, Surrey Space Centre [Guildford], University of Surrey (UNIS), Airbus Safran Launchers [Bordeaux], Airbus Defence and Space [Bremen], Airbus Defence and Space [Deutschland], Airbus Defence and Space [Stevenage], Airbus Defence and Space [Toulouse], Airbus Defence and Space [Saint-Médard-en-Jalles], Surrey Satellite Technology (UNITED KINGDOM), Innovative Solutions In Space [Delft] (ISIS), Sensor-based and interactive robotics (RAINBOW), Inria Rennes – Bretagne Atlantique, Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-SIGNAUX ET IMAGES NUMÉRIQUES, ROBOTIQUE (IRISA-D5), Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Systèmes Aléatoires (IRISA), Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-École normale supérieure - Rennes (ENS Rennes)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-CentraleSupélec-IMT Atlantique Bretagne-Pays de la Loire (IMT Atlantique), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Systèmes Aléatoires (IRISA), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-École normale supérieure - Rennes (ENS Rennes)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT), Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique SA [Neuchatel] (CSEM), Centre Suisse d'Electronique et Microtechnique SA (CSEM), Stellenbosch University, European Project: 607099,EC:FP7:SPA,FP7-SPACE-2013-1,REMOVEDEBRIS(2013), Airbus Defence and Space [Taufkirchen], Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-École normale supérieure - Rennes (ENS Rennes)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-CentraleSupélec-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-IMT Atlantique (IMT Atlantique), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), and Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-École normale supérieure - Rennes (ENS Rennes)-CentraleSupélec-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-IMT Atlantique (IMT Atlantique)

Subjects
net, vision-based navigation, ADR, harpoon, debris removal, [INFO.INFO-RB]Computer Science [cs]/Robotics [cs.RO], dragsail, deorbiting
Abstract

International audience; Since the beginning of the space era, a huge amount of debris has progressively been generated in space. Active Debris Removal (ADR) missions have been suggested as a way of limiting and controlling future growth in orbital space debris by actively sending up vehicles to remove debris. The EC FP7 RemoveDebris mission, which started in 2013, draws on the expertise of some of Europe's most prominent space institutions in order to demonstrate key ADR technologies in a low-cost ambitious manner: net capture, harpoon capture, vision-based navigation, dragsail de-orbiting. This paper provides a review of final payload test results before launch. A comprehensive test campaign is underway on both payloads and platform. The tests aim to demonstrate both functional success of the experiments and that the experiments can survive the space environment. Space environmental tests (EVT) include vibration, thermal, vacuum or thermal-vacuum (TVAC) and in some cases EMC and shock. The test flow differs for each payload and depends on the heritage of the constituent payload parts. The paper will also provide an update to the launch, expected in 2017 from the International Space Station (ISS), and test philosophy that has been influenced from the launch and prerequisite NASA safety review for the mission. The RemoveDebris mission aims to be one of the world's first in-orbit demonstrations of key technologies for active debris removal and is a vital prerequisite to achieving the ultimate goal of a cleaner Earth orbital environment.

10. Effect of time-delay on lunar sampling tele-operations: Evidences from cardiac, ocular and behavioral measures.

Author

Timman S, Landgraf M, Haskamp C, Lizy-Destrez S, and Dehais F

Subjects
Humans, Moon, Space Flight
Abstract

The purpose of this study is to quantify performance in human-robot interaction under time-delay conditions in a lunar tele-operations sampling task, by testing the hypothesis that an increase of time-delay would lead to higher perceived workload and lower human performance in human-robotic integrated operations. Tele-operation is key in the exploration of the Moon, and allows for robotic elements to be controlled from orbital infrastructure and other planetary bodies such as the Earth. Considering that future missions aim to control rovers (amongst others for sampling tasks) from Earth (delay: 3s), the Gateway (delay: 0.5s) and the Moon (delay: 0s), control under the time-delay conditions for these locations must be studied. Time-delay can affect performance, and understanding the performance means that mission operations can be planned bottom-up, which benefits both the preparation of the crew and the design of rovers. An experiment was conducted with 18 engineers who were assigned to control a robotic arm under three time-delay conditions, representing the three control locations. Several metrics were derived from cardiac, ocular, subjective and behavioral measures. The analyses disclosed that the large time-delay condition statistically increased the perceived workload, the time to complete the mission and decreased heart rate variability compared to the other conditions. However, no effect of time-delay was found on attentional and executive abilities. The metrics proved to be effective in the study of performance quantification in human-robot interaction for tele-operations in lunar control scenarios. This approach can be implemented for a larger range of robotic activities, such as tele-operated driving., Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper., (Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)

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2023
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