Browsing by Subject "Moon"

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    • AMORE - Mission concept overview for a progressively independent and self-sustainable lunar habitat 

      Joshi, Apoorva; Korn, Christian; Magkos, Michail; Amara, Yassin; Anil, Abhishek; Bhattacherjee, Souktik; Dargent de Vicente, Sisinio; Haffmans, Patrick; Heinz, Nicolas; Hinkel, Andrea; Karakas, Merve; Kolchin, Aleksandar; Mani, Vipul; Skrypnyk, Ilja; Stadtmüller, Anne (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-04-29)
      Conference lecture
      Open Access
      Throughout the last decade a renewed interest for lunar space exploration has been expressed through the announcements of many ambitious missions such as Artemis. Annually the Space Station Design Workshop (SSDW) tasks ...

    • An approach for an ISRU thermal system to sustain long-term missions for lunar rovers 

      Pavón Castillo, Blanca (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-07-14)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      Nowadays, the interest in setting up a human base outside the Earth has set its sight on our satellite. Aiming to the intention of building a Human Lunar Base, humans have launched several missions in order to improve lunar ...

    • Analysis of different solar energy acquisition systems for applications in the Moon 

      Campal, Maryne (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2012-07-27)
      Bachelor thesis
      Restricted access - author's decision
      The big challenge of the NASA and space agencies for years to come is to return to the Moon to build a base of research there. This return to the Moon stays only a stage before the purpose of the big space agencies: the ...

    • Assessment of oxygen production on the Moon through reduction of ilmenite 

      Jaime Albalat, Andrea (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2010-02-12)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      In the past 20 years, considerable attention been paid to returning to our natural satellite with robotic and, eventually, manned mission(s) not only to continue one the most scientifically fruitful exploration programs ...

    • Asteroidal volatiles for the development of planetary outposts: the case of the Moon 

      Ibáñez Cuadal, Carlos (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-06-21)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      The discovery of lunar ice in 1998 opened a whole variety of new perspectives for in-situ resource utilization of water on the Moon. However, more recent studies suggest that the amount of lunar ice is scarce. On the other ...

    • Autonomous optical navigation for orbits around Earth-Moon collinear libration points 

      Virgili Llop, Josep (2013)
      Article
      Restricted access - publisher's policy
      The analysis of optical navigation in an Earth–Moon libration point orbit is examined. Missions to libration points have been winning momentum during the last decades. Its unique characteristics make it suitable for a ...

    • Day and Night Cycle, Development of a Physically Based Real-Time Solution 

      Pérez Delgado, Guillem (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-10-17)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      Over the last few years, open world videogames have been gaining lots of interest in the gaming industry. Open world videogames not only allow the player to freely roam over a vast terrain but also aim to recreate a ...

    • DEAR project: Lunar dust surface interactions, risk and removal investigations 

      Jalba, C.; Milev, P.; Schulz, P.; Pflug, A.; Ramm, P.; Gusland, O.; Ghitiu, I.; Jalba, R.; Magureanu, A.; Molenta, A.; Pantea, A.; Pantea, G.; Jalba, L.; Özdemir-Fritz, S.; Groemer, G.; Müller, A.; Steininger, H.; McKeown, D.; Gibson Kiely, F.; Hamilton, J. (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-04-29)
      Conference lecture
      Open Access
      The DEAR project (Dusty Environment Application Research) investigates the interaction between lunar regolith and surfaces and components relevant for lunar exploration. Based on the TUBS regolith simulant which is ...

    • Disseny d'un magatzem de residus nuclears a la Lluna 

      Ceballos Forès, Laura; Ferrer Tort, Albert (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-07-05)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      Aquest projecte es basa en el disseny d'un magatzem destinat a situar-se i construir-se a la Lluna. Amb aquest magatzem s'estudia una nova opció per l’emmagatzematge dels residus nuclears de la Terra, i els possibles residus ...

    • Disseny d'un vehicle lunar per facilitar el transport d'astronautes 

      Puigjaner Muñoz, Joaquim (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-07-14)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      L’any 1951 Arthur C. Clarke escriptor mes conegut com l’autor de la novel·la “2001 una odissea en el espai” pública l’obra “Les arenes de Mart” el qual narra la historia d’un escriptor que viatja en la primera nau que fa ...

    • Editorial: The earth–moon system as a dynamical laboratory 

      Alessi, Elisa Maria; Masdemont Soler, Josep; Rossi, Alessandro (2019-06-12)
      Article
      Open Access

    • Energy conversion in a system to generate electricity in the Moon 

      Siddappa, Basavaraj (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017-10-30)
      Master thesis
      Restricted access - confidentiality agreement

    • Evaporation and condensation in a thermal energy storage system 

      Castro Arnau, Oriol (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2014-01-29)
      Master thesis
      Restricted access - author's decision
      A long term mission in a lunar base presents technological challenges that have not been solved yet. The electricity production and energy management are some of the most crucial elements of the life support system. The ...

    • Heat storage and electricity generation in the Moon during the lunar night 

      Climent, Blai; Torroba, Oscar; González Cinca, Ricardo; Ramachandran, Narayanan; Griffin, Michael D. (2013-08-01)
      Article
      Restricted access - publisher's policy
      One of the biggest challenges of the exploration of the Moon is the survival of the crew and the lunar assets during the lunar night. The environmental conditions on the lunar surface and its cycle, with long periods of ...

    • Libration transfer design using patched elliptic three-body models and graphics processing units 

      Peng, Hao; Bai, Xiaoli; Masdemont Soler, Josep; Gómez Muntané, Gerard; Xu, Shijie (2017-01-01)
      Article
      Open Access
      Copyright © 2016 by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc. Design of the transfer from lunar orbits to the sun-Earth libration point region by direct searching in the highfidelity ephemeris model is ...

    • Lunar ISRU Energy Storage and Electricity Generation 

      Fernández Palos, Mario; Serra, Pol; Fereres, Sonia; Stephenson, Keith; González Cinca, Ricardo (2020)
      Conference lecture
      Open Access
      The survival of the astronauts and their equipment is the priority for any long-term exploration mission to the Moon. The provision of energy during the long lunar nights is a critical part of these missions. Several ...

    • Mission Analysis for Google Lunar X-Prize Participants: Options for going to the Moon 

      Maitre -, Boris (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2010-07-15)
      Master thesis
      Open Access

    • Modelling and simulation of the primary power distribution of a lunar habitat 

      Fernández Palos, Mario (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-10-26)
      Master thesis
      Restricted access - confidentiality agreement
      Covenantee:   ESA European Astronaut Centre (EAC) / ESA European Astronaut Centre (EAC)

    • Natural formations at the Earth-Moon triangular point in perturbed restricted problems 

      Salazar, Francisco; Winter, O. C.; Macau, E.E.N.; Masdemont Soler, Josep; Gómez Muntané, Gerard (2015-07-01)
      Article
      Open Access
      Previous studies for small formation flying dynamics about triangular libration points have determined the existence of regions of zero and Minimum Relative Radial Acceleration with respect to the nominal trajectory, that ...

    • Origin and minearology of Lunar meteorites. A study for lunar mining and resources exploitation 

      Mas Sanz, Esther (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-06-22)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      In recent years the Moon has become once again the target for many of the most ambitious space projects. Our satellite is expected to provide a permanent base by 2030s and open new possibilities for deep-space exploration ...