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Spacecraft Design Archive

GENERAL ARCHIVE

MISSION CHARACTERIZATIONS

MISSION DESIGNS

Interplanetary Missions

LEO Missions

Lunar Missions

Miscellaneous Designs

SPACECRAFT SUBSYSTEMS

 

 

 

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ABOUT THE SPACECRAFT DESIGN ARCHIVE

MISSION DESIGNS

The following mission designs have been performed by undergraduate and graduate students at TSGC members institutions. The abstracts are posted here and the full text will be made available on request. To request the full text of any of the reports please fill out the request form.




Interplanatary Missions

ABSTRACT DATE FULL TEXT
AUTHOR
Asteroid Exploration and Utilization December 15,1991 PDF
Alan Carlson, et. all
Balloon-Based Mars Observation Mission December 9, 1998 PDF
John Thomas Calfee, et. all
A Deep Space Mission to the Solar Foci Spring 1997  
Justin H. Carter
Frontier Transportation Systems an integrated Mars transportation system Spring 1992  
Matthew Kaplan, et. all
Galileo Relay Satellite Project December 6, 1991  
Laura E. Bass
Hyper-Redundant Robotics - Bug-bots for Mars Exploration April 2001 PDF
Samuel Aguirre, et. all
A Low-Cost Mercury Orbiter Mission February 1994  
Ken Ely, et. all
Manned Mars Mission Project: Ascent/Desent Vehicle, Habitat Laboratory November 1985  
J. Shelton, et. all
The Mars Observer Replacement Fleet (MORF) December 1993  
Michael Kline, et. all
PERCIVAL Mission To Mars December 10, 1992  
David W. Reed, et. all
Phobos Mission Vehicle Design December 10, 1991  
Guillaume Brat, et. all
A Probe to Europa May 28, 1993  
Hector O. Alvidres
Project Aeneas - Robotic Exploration Mission to Mars and Phobos November 29, 1993  
Justin H. Kerr, et. all
Passive Solar Tracking Aparatus - P-STAR July 22, 1996 PDF
Tim Crain
Project MARVIN - A Mars Analysis and Return Vehicle with In Situ Resource Utilization November 29, 1993  
Ursula Callaway, et. all
Walk November 1985  
Unknown



LEO Missions

ABSTRACT DATE FULL TEXT
AUTHOR
Project Gateway: An Earth orbiting transportation node May 6, 1988  
Todd McCusker, et. all
LOESat - LANDSAT Replacement November 29, 1993  
Kris Hinders, et. all
Microacceleration Experiment Platform May 1990  
Katy Barber, et. all
Satellite Observation System for Space Station Freedom December 10, 1992 PDF
Greg Cabe, et. all
Station Payload Orbiting Transport May 5, 1995  
Kari Lewis, et. all
Space Habitat, Assembly and Repair Center May 15, 1992 PDF
Todd Colangelo, et. all
Stirling Engine in LEO April 28, 1987 PDF
Tanya Hardy, et. all
SwRI TAPP Project Analysis and Add-On System Proposal December 7, 1994  
Andrew Grimes, et. all



Lunar Missions

ABSTRACT DATE FULL TEXT
AUTHOR
BALLSAR Project: (Ballistic Arbitrary Location Lunar Sampler and Retriever) December 7, 1999 PDF
Greg Moroney, et. all
Common Lunar Lander December 1991 PDF
Jim Ruhnke, et. all
Lunar Crew Emergency Rescue Vehicle December 2, 1988  
Craig Hudson, et. all
Lunar Polar Coring Lander May 7, 1990 Word
Raymond Hudson, et. all
A Lunar Robotics Testbed May 9, 1993  
Ken Ely
Extended Duration Lunar Lander May 15, 1993  
Nikola Babic, et. all
II OF TEXAS Mission May 5, 1995 PDF
Joe Enzminger, et. all
Far Side Lunar Observatory December 6, 1991  
Dawn M. Hannula, et. all
Lunar Farside Observatory December 13, 1989  
Brent Harding, et. all
Lunar Transport with LUNOX Fueled Return March 28, 1994  
Chad A. McFarland
Lunar Lander May 9, 1991  
Ruwan Arseculeratne, et. all
Lunar Rover: Lunar Oxygen Verification Experiment December 2, 1995 PDF
Richard Eddings, et. all
Self-Unloading, Unmanned, Reusable Lunar Lander Project May 5, 1991  
Kevin Cowan, et. all
Small Lunar Observer Bus (SLOB) December 4, 1991  
David Fraser, et. all
Small Lunar Polar Orbiter (SLPO) April 30, 1992 PDF
John G. Sonntag
Water and Oxygen Resources: A Lunar Discovery Mission December 7, 1994  
Cyril Annarella, et. all



Miscellaneous Missions

ABSTRACT DATE FULL TEXT
AUTHOR
Comet/Asteroid Planetary Defense System December 9, 1994 PDF
Allen Brown, et. all
Comprehensive Orbital Debris Management Program May 4, 1990 PDF
William Borchers,, et. all
Converting the Minuteman Missile into a Small Satellite Launch System November 24, 1993 PDF
Rodrick McHaty, et. all
Debris Removal May 1993  
Debora C. Hoetger
An Earth Orbiting Satellite Service and Repair Facility December 15, 1989 PDF
Unknown, et. all
A Feasibility Study of Methods for Stopping the Depletion of Ozone Over Antarctica May 6, 1988  
Sun Hae Hur, et. all
Heavy Lift Lunar Launch System December 10, 1990 PDF
Gregory A. Baker, et. all
Launch Vehicles December 1990  
Unknown Author
Nuclear Thermal Rocket Propulsion Spring 1992 PDF
John D. Cinnamon
Personnel Launch System and a Family of Heavy Lift Launch Vehicles May 6, 1991
James Tupa, et. all
Rekindling Interest in the National Space Program December 9, 1994 PDF
Sandra Barker, et. all
Satellite Power System May 9, 1991 PDF
Clara V. Enriquez, et. all
A Small Satellite Design for Deep Space Network Testing and Training May 8, 1993  
Dennis McWilliams, et. all
Space Debris Removal System December 3, 1990  
Erika Carlson, et. all
Space Traffic Control System April 7, 1995 PDF
Van Hoang, et. all