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
T1  - Verwendung eines neuronalen Reglers und evolutionärer Algorithmen zur Berechnung optimaler interplanetarer Sonnenseglerbahnen
JF  - Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress 2003 : München, 17. bis 20. November 2003, Motto: 100 Jahre Motorflug - 112 Jahre Menschenflug: Visionen gestalten Zukunft / Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt - Lilienthal-Oberth e.V. (DGLR). [Red.: Peter Brandt (verantwortlich)]. - Bd. 1. - (Jahrbuch ... der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt)
Y1  - 2003
N1  - Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrt-Kongreß <2003, München> ; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt - Lilienthal-Oberth ; DGLR-2002-089
SP  - 211
EP  - 218
CY  - Bonn
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - German, Laura
A1  - Mikucki, Jill A.
A1  - Welch, Susan A.
A1  - Welch, Kathleen A.
A1  - Lutton, Anthony
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Kowalski, Julia
A1  - Heinen, Dirk
A1  - Feldmann, Marco
A1  - Francke, Gero
A1  - Espe, Clemens
A1  - Lyons, W. Berry
T1  - Validation of sampling antarctic subglacial hypersaline waters with an electrothermal ice melting probe (IceMole) for environmental analytical geochemistry
JF  - International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry
N2  - Geochemical characterisation of hypersaline waters is difficult as high concentrations of salts hinder the analysis of constituents at low concentrations, such as trace metals, and the collection of samples for trace metal analysis in natural waters can be easily contaminated. This is particularly the case if samples are collected by non-conventional techniques such as those required for aquatic subglacial environments. In this paper we present the first analysis of a subglacial brine from Taylor Valley, (~ 78°S), Antarctica for the trace metals: Ba, Co, Mo, Rb, Sr, V, and U. Samples were collected englacially using an electrothermal melting probe called the IceMole. This probe uses differential heating of a copper head as well as the probe’s sidewalls and an ice screw at the melting head to move through glacier ice. Detailed blanks, meltwater, and subglacial brine samples were collected to evaluate the impact of the IceMole and the borehole pump, the melting and collection process, filtration, and storage on the geochemistry of the samples collected by this device. Comparisons between melt water profiles through the glacier ice and blank analysis, with published studies on ice geochemistry, suggest the potential for minor contributions of some species Rb, As, Co, Mn, Ni, NH4+, and NO2−+NO3− from the IceMole. The ability to conduct detailed chemical analyses of subglacial fluids collected with melting probes is critical for the future exploration of the hundreds of deep subglacial lakes in Antarctica.
Y1  - 2021
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03067319.2019.1704750
SN  - 0306-7319
VL  - 101
IS  - 15
SP  - 2654
EP  - 2667
PB  - Taylor & Francis
CY  - London
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Jean-Pierre P., de Vera
A1  - Baque, Mickael
A1  - Billi, Daniela
A1  - Böttger, Ute
A1  - Bulat, Sergey
A1  - Czupalla, Markus
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - de la Torre, Rosa
A1  - Elsaesser, Andreas
A1  - Foucher, Frédéric
A1  - Korsitzky, Hartmut
A1  - Kozyrovska, Natalia
A1  - Läufer, Andreas
A1  - Moeller, Ralf
A1  - Olsson-Francis, Karen
A1  - Onofri, Silvano
A1  - Sommer, Stefan
A1  - Wagner, Dirk
A1  - Westall, Frances
T1  - The search for life on Mars and in the Solar System - strategies, logistics and infrastructures
T2  - 69th International Astronautical Congress (IAC)
N2  - The question "Are we alone in the Universe?" is perhaps the most fundamental one that affects mankind. How can we address the search for life in our Solar System? Mars, Enceladus and Europa are the focus of the search for life outside the terrestrial biosphere. While it is more likely to find remnants of life (fossils of extinct life) on Mars because of its past short time window of the surface habitability, it is probably more likely to find traces of extant life on the icy moons and ocean worlds of Jupiter and Saturn. Nevertheless, even on Mars there could still be a chance to find extant life in niches near to the surface or in just discovered subglacial lakes beneath the South Pole ice cap. Here, the different approaches for the detection of traces of life in the form of biosignatures including pre-biotic molecules will be presented. We will outline the required infrastructure for this enterprise and give examples of future mission concepts to investigate the presence of life on other planets and moons. Finally, we will provide suggestions on methods, techniques, operations and strategies for preparation and realization of future life detection missions.
KW  - life detection
KW  - Mars
KW  - icy moons
KW  - habitability
KW  - space missions
Y1  - 2018
N1  - 69th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Bremen, Germany, 1-5 October 2018.
SP  - 1
EP  - 8
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Duprat, J.
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Hilchenbach, M.
A1  - Engrand, Cecile
A1  - Espe, C.
A1  - Feldmann, M.
A1  - Francke, G.
A1  - Görög, Mark
A1  - Lüsing, N.
A1  - Langenhorst, Falko
T1  - The MARVIN project: a micrometeorite harvester in Antarctic snow
T2  - 44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
N2  - MARVIN is an automated drilling and melting probe dedicated to collect pristine interplanetary dust particles (micrometeorites) from central Antarctica snow.
Y1  - 2013
N1  - 44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 18-22, 2013, The Woodlands, Texas
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Lyons, W. Berry
A1  - Mikucki, Jill A.
A1  - German, Laura A.
A1  - Welch, Kathleen A.
A1  - Welch, Susan A.
A1  - Gardener, Christopher B.
A1  - Tulaczyk, Slawek M.
A1  - Pettit, Erin C.
A1  - Kowalski, Julia
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
T1  - The Geochemistry of Englacial Brine from Taylor Glacier, Antarctica
JF  - Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2018JG004411
SN  - 2169-8961
PB  - Wiley
CY  - Hoboken
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Seefeldt, Patric
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
T1  - Temperature increase on folded solar sail membranes
JF  - Advances in Space Research
Y1  - 2021
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2020.09.026
SN  - 0273-1177
VL  - 67
IS  - 9
SP  - 2688
EP  - 2695
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Grundmann, Jan Thimo
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Grimm, Christian D.
A1  - Kahle, Ralph
A1  - Koch, Aaron Dexter
A1  - Krause, Christian
A1  - Lange, Caroline
A1  - Quantius, Dominik
A1  - Ulamec, Stephan
T1  - Spacecraft for Hypervelocity Impact Research – An Overview of Capabilities, Constraints and the Challenges of Getting There
JF  - Procedia Engineering
Y1  - 2015
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2015.04.021
SN  - 1877-7058
N1  - Proceedings of the 2015 Hypervelocity Impact Symposium (HVIS 2015)
VL  - Vol. 103
SP  - 151
EP  - 158
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Konstantinidis, K.
A1  - Kowalski, Julia
A1  - Martinez, C. F.
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Ewerhart, D.
A1  - Förstner, R.
T1  - Some necessary technologies for in-situ astrobiology on enceladus
T2  - Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress
Y1  - 2015
SN  - 978-151081893-4
N1  - 6th International Astronautical Congress 2015: Space - The Gateway for Mankind's Future, IAC 2015; Jerusalem; Israel; 12 October 2015 through 16 October 2015
SP  - 1354
EP  - 1372
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Peloni, Alessandro
A1  - Ceriotti, Matteo
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
T1  - Solar-Sailing Trajectory Design for Close-up NEA Observations Mission
T2  - 4th IAA Planetary Defense Conference - PDC 2015, 13-17 April 2015, Frascati, Roma, Italy
Y1  - 2015
N1  - IAA-PDC-15-P-19
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Peloni, Alessandro
A1  - Ceriotti, Matteo
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
T1  - Solar-sail trajectory design for a multiple near-earth-asteroid rendezvous mission
JF  - Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics
N2  - The scientific interest for near-Earth asteroids as well as the interest in potentially hazardous asteroids from the perspective of planetary defense led the space community to focus on near-Earth asteroid mission studies. A multiple near-Earth asteroid rendezvous mission with close-up observations of several objects can help to improve the characterization of these asteroids. This work explores the design of a solar-sail spacecraft for such a mission, focusing on the search of possible sequences of encounters and the trajectory optimization. This is done in two sequential steps: a sequence search by means of a simplified trajectory model and a set of heuristic rules based on astrodynamics, and a subsequent optimization phase. A shape-based approach for solar sailing has been developed and is used for the first phase. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is demonstrated through a fully optimized multiple near-Earth asteroid rendezvous mission. The results show that it is possible to visit five near-Earth asteroids within 10 years with near-term solar-sail technology.
Y1  - 2016
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/1.G000470
SN  - 0731-5090
VL  - 39
IS  - 12
SP  - 2712
EP  - 2724
PB  - AIAA
CY  - Reston, Va.
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Seboldt, W.
T1  - Solar Sails — Propellantless Propulsion for Near- and Medium-Term Deep-Space Missions  / W. Seboldt ; B. Dachwald
JF  - Advanced Propulsion Systems and Technologies, Today to 2020 / Claudio Bruno (ed.) ... - (Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics Series ; 223)
Y1  - 2008
SN  - 978-1-56347-929-8
N1  - ISBN 10: 1-56347-929-X  ; American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics <New York, NY>
PB  - AIAA
CY  - Reston, Va.
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Grundmann, Jan Thimo
A1  - Bauer, Wlademar
A1  - Borchers, Kai
A1  - Dumont, Etienne
A1  - Grimm, Christian D.
A1  - Ho, Tra-Mi
A1  - Jahnke, Rico
A1  - Koch, Aaron D.
A1  - Lange, Caroline
A1  - Maiwald, Volker
A1  - Meß, Jan-Gerd
A1  - Mikulz, Eugen
A1  - Quantius, Dominik
A1  - Reershemius, Siebo
A1  - Renger, Thomas
A1  - Sasaki, Kaname
A1  - Seefeldt, Patric
A1  - Spietz, Peter
A1  - Spröwitz, Tom
A1  - Sznajder, Maciej
A1  - Toth, Norbert
A1  - Ceriotti, Matteo
A1  - McInnes, Colin
A1  - Peloni, Alessandro
A1  - Biele, Jens
A1  - Krause, Christian
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Hercik, David
A1  - Lichtenheldt, Roy
A1  - Wolff, Friederike
A1  - Koncz, Alexander
A1  - Pelivan, Ivanka
A1  - Schmitz, Nicole
A1  - Boden, Ralf
A1  - Riemann, Johannes
A1  - Seboldt, Wolfgang
A1  - Wejmo, Elisabet
A1  - Ziach, Christian
A1  - Mikschl, Tobias
A1  - Montenegro, Sergio
A1  - Ruffer, Michael
A1  - Cordero, Federico
A1  - Tardivel, Simon
T1  - Solar sails for planetary defense & high-energy missions
T2  - IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings
N2  - 20 years after the successful ground deployment test of a (20 m) 2 solar sail at DLR Cologne, and in the light of the upcoming U.S. NEAscout mission, we provide an overview of the progress made since in our mission and hardware design studies as well as the hardware built in the course of our solar sail technology development. We outline the most likely and most efficient routes to develop solar sails for useful missions in science and applications, based on our developed `now-term' and near-term hardware as well as the many practical and managerial lessons learned from the DLR-ESTEC Gossamer Roadmap. Mission types directly applicable to planetary defense include single and Multiple NEA Rendezvous ((M)NR) for precursor, monitoring and follow-up scenarios as well as sail-propelled head-on retrograde kinetic impactors (RKI) for mitigation. Other mission types such as the Displaced L1 (DL1) space weather advance warning and monitoring or Solar Polar Orbiter (SPO) types demonstrate the capability of near-term solar sails to achieve asteroid rendezvous in any kind of orbit, from Earth-coorbital to extremely inclined and even retrograde orbits. Some of these mission types such as SPO, (M)NR and RKI include separable payloads. For one-way access to the asteroid surface, nanolanders like MASCOT are an ideal match for solar sails in micro-spacecraft format, i.e. in launch configurations compatible with ESPA and ASAP secondary payload platforms. Larger landers similar to the JAXA-DLR study of a Jupiter Trojan asteroid lander for the OKEANOS mission can shuttle from the sail to the asteroids visited and enable multiple NEA sample-return missions. The high impact velocities and re-try capability achieved by the RKI mission type on a final orbit identical to the target asteroid's but retrograde to its motion enables small spacecraft size impactors to carry sufficient kinetic energy for deflection.
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/AERO.2019.8741900
N1  - AERO 2019; Big Sky; United States; 2 March 2019 through 9 March 2019
SP  - 1
EP  - 21
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Seboldt, Wolfgang
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
T1  - Solar sails for near-term advanced scientific deep space missions
T2  - Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Combustion and Propulsion
N2  - Solar sails are propelled in space by reflecting solar photons off large mirroring surfaces, thereby transforming the momentum of the photons into a propulsive force. This innovative concept for low-thrust space propulsion works without any propellant and thus provides a wide range of opportunities for highenergy low-cost missions. Offering an efficient way of propulsion, solar sailcraft could close a gap in transportation options for highly demanding exploration missions within our solar system and even beyond. On December 17th, 1999, a significant step was made towards the realization of this technology: a lightweight solar sail structure with an area of 20 m × 20 m was successfully deployed on ground in a large facility at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) at Cologne. The deployment from a package of 60 cm × 60 cm × 65 cm with a total mass of less than 35 kg was achieved using four extremely light-weight carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) booms with a specific mass of 100 g/m. The paper briefly reviews the basic principles of solar sails as well as the technical concept and its realization in the ground demonstration experiment, performed in close cooperation between DLR and ESA. Next possible steps are outlined. They could comprise the in-orbit demonstration of the sail deployment on the upper stage of a low-cost rocket and the verification of the propulsion concept by an autonomous and free flying solar sail in the frame of a scientific mission. It is expected that the present design could be extended to sail sizes of about (40 m)2  up to even (70 m)2 without significant mass penalty. With these areas, the maximum achievable thrust at 1 AU would range between 10 and 40 mN – comparable to some electric thrusters. Such prototype sails with a mass between 50 and 150 kg plus a micro-spacecraft of 50 to 250 kg would have a maximum acceleration in the order of 0.1 mm/s2 at 1 AU, corresponding to a maximum ∆V-capability of about 3 km/s per year. Two near/medium-term mission examples to a near-Earth asteroid (NEA) will be discussed: a rendezvous mission
and a sample return mission.
KW  - solar sail
KW  - low-thrust
KW  - near-Earth asteroid
KW  - sample return
KW  - solar system
Y1  - 2003
N1  - Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Combustion and Propulsion. Pozzuoli, Italy, 16 - 21 June 2002.
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Seboldt, W.
T1  - Solar Sails for Near- and Medium-Term Scientific Deep Space Missions / W. Sebolt ; B. Dachwald
JF  - In-space propulsion : edited book of proceedings of the 10-IWCP, the 10th International Workshop on Combustion and Propulsion held in Lerici, La Spezia, Italy, 21-25 September 2003 / [ed.: Luigi T. DeLuca]
Y1  - 2005
N1  - Paper 31 ; International workshop on combustion and propulsion <10, 2003, Lerici>
PB  - SP Lab, Politecnico di Milano
CY  - Milano
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Kahle, Ralph
A1  - Wie, Bong
T1  - Solar Sailing Kinetic Energy Impactor (KEI) Mission Design Tradeoffs for Impacting and Deflecting Asteroid 99942 Apophis
JF  - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference & Exhibit - AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference & Exhibit - AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference & Exhibit - AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference & Exhibit : [21 - 24 August 2006, Keystone, Colorado ; papers]. - (AIAA meeting papers on disc ; [11.]2006,19-20 )
Y1  - 2006
SN  - 1-56347-802-1
N1  - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics <Reston, Va.> ; American Astronautical Society ; AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference & Exhibit <2006,  Keystone, Colo.> ; AIAA paper number: AIAA-2006-6178
SP  - 1
EP  - 20
PB  - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
CY  - Reston, Va.
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Seboldt, Wolfgang
T1  - Solar sailcraft of the first generation technology development / Seboldt, Wolfgang ; Dachwald, Bernd
Y1  - 2003
N1  - 54th International Astronautical Congress of the International Astronautical Federation, the International Academy of Astronautics, and the International Institute of Space Law 29 September - 3 October 2003, Bremen, Germany IAC-03-S.03
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Seboldt, Wolfgang
T1  - Solar sailcraft of the first generation mission applications to near-earth asteroids
Y1  - 2003
N1  - 54th International Astronautical Congress of the International Astronautical Federation, the International Academy of Astronautics, and the International Institute of Space Law 29 September - 3 October 2003, Bremen, Germany IAC-03-Q.5.06
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Ohndorf, A.
A1  - Wie, Bong
T1  - Solar Sail Trajectory Optimization for the Solar Polar Imager (SPI) Mission
JF  - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference & Exhibit - AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference & Exhibit - AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference & Exhibit - AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference & Exhibit : [21 - 24 August 2006, Keystone, Colorado ; papers]. - (AIAA meeting papers on disc ; [11.]2006,19-20 )
Y1  - 2006
SN  - 1-56347-802-1
N1  - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics <Reston, Va.> ; American Astronautical Society ; AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference & Exhibit <2006,  Keystone, Colo.> ; AIAA paper number: AIAA-2006-6177
PB  - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
CY  - Reston, Va.
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Wie, Bong
T1  - Solar Sail Trajectory Optimization for Intercepting, Impacting, and Deflecting Near-Earth Asteroids
JF  - AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit - AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference and Exhibit - AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference and Exhibit : [San Francisco, California, 15 - 18 August 2005 ; papers]. - (AIAA meeting papers on disc ; [10.]2005,16-17)
Y1  - 2005
SN  - 1-56347-765-3
N1  - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics <Reston, Va.> ; AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit <2005, San Francisco, Calif.> ; AIAA paper number: AIAA-2006-6176
PB  - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
CY  - Reston, Va.
ER  -