Environments, needs and opportunities for future space photovoltaic power generation: A review

A Bermudez-Garcia, P Voarino, O Raccurt - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper aims to assess the potential and requirements of photovoltaic arrays to provide
energy for more than 30 mission types to explore 14 celestial bodies in our solar system …

The composition and chemistry of Titan's atmosphere

CA Nixon - ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 2024 - ACS Publications
In this review I summarize the current state of knowledge about the composition of Titan's
atmosphere and our current understanding of the suggested chemistry that leads to that …

Composition of Titan's lower atmosphere and simple surface volatiles as measured by the Cassini‐Huygens probe gas chromatograph mass spectrometer experiment

HB Niemann, SK Atreya, JE Demick… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The Cassini‐Huygens probe gas chromatograph mass spectrometer (GCMS) determined
the composition of the Titan atmosphere from∼ 140 km altitude to the surface. After landing …

What makes a planet habitable?

H Lammer, JH Bredehöft, A Coustenis… - The Astronomy and …, 2009 - Springer
This work reviews factors which are important for the evolution of habitable Earth-like
planets such as the effects of the host star dependent radiation and particle fluxes on the …

Spacecraft VLBI and Doppler tracking: algorithms and implementation

DA Duev, GM Calvés, SV Pogrebenko… - Astronomy & …, 2012 - aanda.org
Aims. We present the results of several multi-station Very Long Baseline Interferometry
(VLBI) experiments conducted with the ESA spacecraft Venus Express as a target. To …

Enceladus: An active cryovolcanic satellite

JR Spencer, AC Barr, LW Esposito… - Saturn from Cassini …, 2009 - Springer
Enceladus is one of the most remarkable satellites in the solar system, as revealed by
Cassini's detection of active plumes erupting from warm fractures near its south pole. This …

Titan's primordial soup: formation of amino acids via low-temperature hydrolysis of tholins

CD Neish, A Somogyi, MA Smith - Astrobiology, 2010 - liebertpub.com
Titan organic haze analogues, or “tholins,” produce biomolecules when hydrolyzed at low
temperature over long timescales. By using a combination of high-resolution mass …

[HTML][HTML] Titan's cold case files-Outstanding questions after Cassini-Huygens

CA Nixon, RD Lorenz, RK Achterberg, A Buch… - Planetary and Space …, 2018 - Elsevier
The entry of the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft into orbit around Saturn in July 2004 marked
the start of a golden era in the exploration of Titan, Saturn's giant moon. During the Prime …

Prebiotic-like chemistry on Titan

F Raulin, C Brassé, O Poch, P Coll - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Titan, the largest satellite of Saturn, is the only one in the solar system with a dense
atmosphere. Mainly composed of dinitrogen with several% of methane, this atmosphere …

[HTML][HTML] Titan's internal structure and the evolutionary consequences

AD Fortes - Planetary and Space Science, 2012 - Elsevier
Titan's moment of inertia (MoI), estimated from the quadrupole gravity field measured by the
Cassini spacecraft, is 0.342, which has been interpreted as evidence of a partially …