CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

International Astronautical Congress 2024

Manuscripts presented at the 75th International Astronautical Congress, Milan (IT), October 14th-18th, 2024. Copyright by IAF.

Brault, G., Amer, R., Chowdhury, R., Cohen, L., Gladys, C., Le Goff, A., van den Heuvel, T., Ilegitim, S., Neumeister, N., Osman, A., Ostrouska, J., Vicovan, D., Placke, B., Schwob, S., & Rothenbuchner, J. (2024). Suborbital flight demonstration for de-risking the entry, descent, and landing sequence of a Tumbleweed Mars rover. https://www.teamtumbleweed.eu/development/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IAC-24A33A15x88706.pdf

Holthuijsen, T., Moretti, W., Dhyr, M., Kovithal, A., Ors, T., & Rothenbuchner, J. (2024). Towards comprehensive Location and Attitude Determination for a rolling, wind-driven Mars Rover. https://www.teamtumbleweed.eu/development/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IAC-24B224x85275.pdf

International Astronautical Congress 2023

Manuscripts presented at the 74th International Astronautical Congress, Baku (AZ), October 2nd-6th, 2023. Copyright by IAF.

Abel, F., Castro Garcia, C., Ahola, P., & Ferent, C. F. (2023). Antenna placement and architecture for a wind-driven, spheroid Tumbleweed rover on Mars. https://www.teamtumbleweed.eu/development/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IAC-23B264x77781.pdf

Buryak, D., Coman, M., Phillips, A., Sandrieser, M., & Rothenbuchner, J. (2023). Minimal-heating thermal management design for low-mass, power-constrained Tumbleweed mobile impactors on Mars. https://www.teamtumbleweed.eu/development/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IAC-23C275x77777.pdf

Cohen, L., Renoldner, M., Kapadia, M., Vicovan, D.-A., Mahmood, F., Mikulskytė, O., & Rothenbuchner, J. (2023). Pre-Phase A study of an innovative, low-cost Demonstration Mission of Tumbleweed mobile impactors on Mars. https://www.teamtumbleweed.eu/development/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IAC-23A3IP47x77769.pdf

Kingsnorth, J., Bonanno, L., de Vet, S., Shanbhag, A., Tjokrosetio, D., Pikulic, L., Mikulskytė, O., & Rothenbuchner, J. (2023). Constraining the geological history and modern geomorphology of Mars using high resolution and multispectral cameras on a swarm of wind-driven mobile impactors. https://www.teamtumbleweed.eu/development/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IAC-23A3IPB6x77782.pdf

Mikulskytė, O., Finan, A., Rothenbuchner, J., & Fourie, J. (2023). Making deep space more accessible for all through inclusive involvement in a volunteer-based research lab. https://www.teamtumbleweed.eu/development/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IAC-23E175x80300.pdf

Neumeister, N., Maximchuk, M., Zambolin, M., Placke, B., Eggenfellner, Y., Osman, A., Mafoutsis, Y., Ilegitim, S., Sandrieser, M., & Rothenbuchner, J. (2023). Unfolding methods of a two orders of magnitude mechanical volume reduced spheroid Tumbleweed Mobile Impactor. https://www.teamtumbleweed.eu/development/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IAC-23C224x77776.pdf

Renoldner, M., Rothenbuchner, J., Cohen, L., Kapadia, M., Mahmood, F., & Vicovan, D. (2023). A semi-stochastic, numeric simulation tool in model based systems engineering for tumbleweed rovers. https://www.teamtumbleweed.eu/development/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IAC-23D14A11x77760.pdf

San Miguel, E. (2023). A tracking solution via a network of beacons on the surface of Mars using the Tumbleweed mobile impactors. https://www.teamtumbleweed.eu/development/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IAC-23B2712x80188.pdf

Shanbhag, A., Sorek Abramovich, R., Kingsnorth, J., Tjokrosetio, D., Mikulskytė, O., & Rothenbuchner, J. (2023). A new approach for the search of biosignatures and assessment of habitability on Mars using a swarm of wind-driven mobile impactors. https://www.teamtumbleweed.eu/development/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IAC-23A165x77775.pdf

Shanbhag, A., Kingsnorth, J., Reid, D., Menicucci, A., Cozzolongo, G., Tjokrosetio, D., Mikulskytė, O., & Rothenbuchner, J. (2023). In-situ Investigation of Mars atmosphere and ionizing radiation environment through a distributed network of Tumbleweed Measurement Stations. https://www.teamtumbleweed.eu/development/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IAC-23A153x77791.pdf

Tjokrosetio, D., Kingsnorth, J., Shanbhag, A., Piculić, L., Manelski, H., Rothenbuchner, J., Mikulskytė, O., Cozzolongo, G., & Westenberg, A. (2023). Identification of Human Landing Sites on Mars with a Swarm of Wind-Driven Mobile Impactors. https://www.teamtumbleweed.eu/development/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IAC-23E56x76713.pdf

54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2023

Published by the LPI.

Mikulskytė, O., Kingsnorth, J., Manelski, H., Pikulić, L., Shanbhag, A., Tjokrosetio, D., Cozzolongo, G., Renoldner, M., & Rothenbuchner, J. (2023). Science Objectives of the Tumbleweed Mission – Swarm-Based, Wind-Driven Rover Mars Exploration. Links: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2023/pdf/2646.pdf; Conference Poster

International Astronautical Congress 2022

Manuscripts presented at the 73rd International Astronautical Congress, Paris (FR), September 18th-23rd, 2022. Copyright by IAF.

Rothenbuchner, J., Mikulskyte, O., & Root, B. (2022). Martian Interior Investigation Using Distributed Geodetic Sensor Network in the Tharsis Region of Mars. https://www.teamtumbleweed.eu/development/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IAC-22A3IPB35x72466.pdf

Rothenbuchner, J., Cohen, L., Abel, F., Buryak, D., Cuervo, K., Kingsnorth, J., Mikulskyte, O., Phillips, A., Renoldner, M., & Sandrieser, M. (2022). The Tumbleweed Mission: Enabling Novel Mars Data Sets through Low-Cost Rover Swarms. https://www.teamtumbleweed.eu/development/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IAC-22A3IPx72458.pdf

Abel, F., Ferent, C., Sundaramoorthy, P., & Thilak Rajan, R. (2022). Communications architecture for martian surface exploration with a swarm of wind-driven rovers. https://www.teamtumbleweed.eu/development/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IAC-22B24x71894.pdf

REPORTS

Systems Engineering

Rothenbuchner, J., Kingsnorth, J., Cuervo, K., Renoldner, M., Kapadia, M., Wiesen, P., Harris, S., & Resinck, M. (2022). Initial Pre-Phase A study of the Tumbleweed Demonstrator Mission. https://www.teamtumbleweed.eu/development/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Project_1_Deadline_1_Report.pdf

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