The MUSES-CN nanorover mission and related technology
The MUSES-CN nanorover mission and related technology
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MUSES-CN纳米漫游车任务及相关技术
DOI：
10.1109/aero.2000.879296
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发表时间：
2000
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R.M. Jones
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作者：
B. Wilcox;R.M. Jones
微技术和移动机器人技术的最新进展使制造极小的自动化或遥控车辆成为可能，从而开辟了新的应用领域。其中一个可能的应用是在行星探测中使用纳米飞行器（质量为1公斤或更少的机器人飞行器）。美国宇航局和日本ISAS正在合作执行第一个任务，从小行星表面收集样本，并将其带回地球进行深入研究。ISAS MUSES-C任务将于2002年7月由日本运载火箭从日本发射，于2003年9月与1989ML小行星会合。美国宇航局提供的纳米探测器将在火星表面进行现场测量。小行星样本将于2006年6月由muse - c通过降落伞回收舱返回地球。本文描述了为这项任务而制造的漫游者和相关技术的发展。
Recent advances in microtechnology and mobile robotics have made it feasible to create extremely small automated or remote-controlled vehicles which open new application frontiers. One of these possible applications is the use of nanorovers (robotic vehicles with a mass of order 1 kg or less) in planetary exploration. NASA and Japan's ISAS are cooperating on the first mission to collect samples from the surface of an asteroid and return them to Earth for in-depth study. The ISAS MUSES-C mission will be launched on a Japanese launch vehicle in July 2002 from Japan toward a redezvous with the asteroid 1989ML in September 2003. A NASA-provided nanorover will conduct in-situ measurements on the surface. Asteroid samples will be returned to Earth by MUSES-C via a parachute-borne recovery capsule in June 2006. This paper describes the rover being created for this mission and related technology developments.