TY  - CHAP
A1  - Digel, Ilya
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Artmann, Gerhard
A1  - Linder, Peter
A1  - Funke, O.
T1  - A concept of a probe for particle analysis and life detection in icy environments
N2  - A melting probe equipped with autofluorescence-based detection system combined with a light scattering unit, and, optionally, with a microarray chip would be ideally suited to probe icy environments like Europa’s ice layer as well as the polar ice layers of Earth and Mars for recent and extinct live.
KW  - Sonde
KW  - Eisschicht
KW  - Autofluoreszenzverfahren
KW  - Lichtstreuungsbasierte Instrumente
KW  - autofluorescence-based detection system
KW  - light scattering analysis
Y1  - 2009
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Baader, Fabian
A1  - Reiswich, M.
A1  - Bartsch, M.
A1  - Keller, D.
A1  - Tiede, E.
A1  - Keck, G.
A1  - Demircian, A.
A1  - Friedrich, M.
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Schüller, K.
A1  - Lehmann, R.
A1  - Chojetzki, R.
A1  - Durand, C.
A1  - Rapp, L.
A1  - Kowalski, Julia
A1  - Förstner, R.
T1  - VIPER - Student research on extraterrestrical ice penetration technology
T2  - Proceedings of the 2nd Symposium on Space Educational Activities
N2  - Recent analysis of scientific data from Cassini and earth-based observations gave evidence for a global ocean under a surrounding solid ice shell on Saturn's moon Enceladus. Images of Enceladus' South Pole showed several fissures in the ice shell with plumes constantly exhausting frozen water particles, building up the E-Ring, one of the outer rings of Saturn. In this southern region of Enceladus, the ice shell is considered to be as thin as 2 km, about an order of magnitude thinner than on the rest of the moon. Under the ice shell, there is a global ocean consisting of liquid water. Scientists are discussing different approaches the possibilities of taking samples of water, i.e. by melting through the ice using a melting probe. FH Aachen UAS developed a prototype of maneuverable melting probe which can navigate through the ice that has already been tested successfully in a terrestrial environment. This means no atmosphere and or ambient pressure, low ice temperatures of around 100 to 150K (near the South Pole) and a very low gravity of 0,114 m/s^2 or 1100 μg. Two of these influencing measures are about to be investigated at FH Aachen UAS in 2017, low ice temperature and low ambient pressure below the triple point of water. Low gravity cannot be easily simulated inside a large experiment chamber, though. Numerical simulations of the melting process at RWTH Aachen however are showing a gravity dependence of melting behavior. Considering this aspect, VIPER provides a link between large-scale experimental simulations at FH Aachen UAS and numerical simulations at RWTH Aachen. To analyze the melting process, about 90 seconds of experiment time in reduced gravity and low ambient pressure is provided by the REXUS rocket. In this time frame, the melting speed and contact force between ice and probes are measured, as well as heating power and a two-dimensional array of ice temperatures. Additionally, visual and infrared cameras are used to observe the melting process.
Y1  - 2018
SP  - 1
EP  - 6
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Ulamec, Stephan
A1  - Postberg, Frank
A1  - Sohl, Frank
A1  - Vera, Jean-Pierre de
A1  - Christoph, Waldmann
A1  - Lorenz, Ralph D.
A1  - Hellard, Hugo
A1  - Biele, Jens
A1  - Rettberg, Petra
T1  - Key technologies and instrumentation for subsurface exploration of ocean worlds
JF  - Space Science Reviews
N2  - In this chapter, the key technologies and the instrumentation required for the subsurface exploration of ocean worlds are discussed. The focus is laid on Jupiter’s moon Europa and Saturn’s moon Enceladus because they have the highest potential for such missions in the near future. The exploration of their oceans requires landing on the surface, penetrating the thick ice shell with an ice-penetrating probe, and probably diving with an underwater vehicle through dozens of kilometers of water to the ocean floor, to have the chance to find life, if it exists. Technologically, such missions are extremely challenging. The required key technologies include power generation, communications, pressure resistance, radiation hardness, corrosion protection, navigation, miniaturization, autonomy, and sterilization and cleaning. Simpler mission concepts involve impactors and penetrators or – in the case of Enceladus – plume-fly-through missions.
Y1  - 2020
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11214-020-00707-5
SN  - 1572-9672
N1  - Corresponding author: Bernd Dachwald
VL  - 216
IS  - Art. 83
PB  - Springer
CY  - Dordrecht
ER  -