Ground and on-orbit command and data handling architectures for the Active Rack Isolation System microgravity flight experiment

The Active Rack Isolation System [ARIS] International Space Station [ISS] Characterization Experiment, or ARIS-ICE for short, is a long duration microgravity characterization experiment aboard the ISS. The objective of the experiment is to fully characterize active microgravity performance of the first ARIS rack deployed on the ISS. Efficient ground and on-orbit command and data handling [C&DH] segments are the crux in achieving the challenging objectives of the mission. The objective of the paper is to provide an overview of the C&DH architectures developed for ARIS-ICE, with the view that these architectures may serve as a model for future ISS microgravity payloads. Both ground and on-orbit segments, and their interaction with corresponding ISS C&DH systems are presented. The heart of the on-orbit segment is the ARIS-ICE Payload On-orbit Processor, ARIS-ICE POP for short. The POP manages communication with the ISS C&DH system and other ISS subsystems and payloads, enables automation of test/data collection sequences, and provides a wide range of utilities such as efficient file downlinks/uplinks, data post-processing, data compression and data storage. The hardware and software architecture of the POP is presented and it is shown that the built-in functionality helps to dramatically streamline the efficiency of on-orbit operations. The ground segment has at its heart special ARIS-ICE Ground Support Equipment [GSE] software developed for the experiment. The software enables efficient command and file uplinks, and reconstruction and display of science telemetry packets. The GSE software architecture is discussed along with its interactions with ISS ground C&DH elements. A test sequence example is used to demonstrate the interplay between the ground and on-orbit segments.     

Research priorities and plans for the International Space Station-results of the 'REMAP' Task Force

Recent events in the International Space Station (ISS) Program have resulted in the necessity to re-examine the research priorities and research plans for future years. Due to both technical and fiscal resource constraints expected on the International Space Station, it is imperative that research priorities be carefully reviewed and clearly articulated. In consultation with OSTP and the Office of Management and budget (OMB), NASA's Office of Biological and Physical Research (OBPR) assembled an ad-hoc external advisory committee, the Biological and Physical Research Maximization and Prioritization (REMAP) Task Force. This paper describes the outcome of the Task Force and how it is being used to define a roadmap for near and long-term Biological and Physical Research objectives that supports NASA's Vision and Mission. Additionally, the paper discusses further prioritizations that were necessitated by budget and ISS resource constraints in order to maximize utilization of the International Space Station. Finally, a process has been developed to integrate the requirements for this prioritized research with other agency requirements to develop an integrated ISS assembly and utilization plan that maximizes scientific output.     

一种适于动态环境的盲多用户检测算法

比较两种盲多用户检测算法在动态环境中的收敛性能,并通过计算机进行模拟仿真。其中一种是能随输入信号矢量变化而变化的变步长最小输出能量盲算法;另一种是既保持最小输出能量检测器的全局收敛性,又具有最小均方误差检测器高输出信干比优点的判决反馈变步长盲算法。利用前者在动态强干扰下收敛快及后者在稳态时输出信干比高的优势,将二者结合起来应用到动态环境中,提高系统性能,同时抑制多址干扰和窄带干扰。     

基于TDRSS的低轨卫星定轨方法研究

利用跟踪与数据中继卫星系统（TDRSS）组成天基测控系统对低轨卫星进行轨道确定，并讨论了低轨卫星在TDRSS系统覆盖区域的时间段，以改进的Gauss-Newton算法为基础，设计了非线性迭代的微分轨道改进算法，有效抑制了算法截断误差。仿真实验证明基于TDRSS的测控技术可显著提高测控覆盖率，减少地面测控站压力，有效确定低轨卫星轨道，定轨位置误差小于20m，速度误差小于0．01m／s，能满足一般低轨卫星的定轨精度要求。     

我国月面巡视探测器定位方法研究

月球自动巡视勘查技术中的月面巡视探测器的导航控制,需要研究月面巡视探测器的定位技术。文章通过对国外漫游车定位方法的研究,提出了我国月面巡视探测器在全局坐标系和局部坐标系中进行定位的方法。月面巡视探测器在全局坐标系中的定位可以采用星敏感器以及陆标辨识的方式;局部坐标系的定位可以采用惯性导航系统 里程计以及着陆器帮助下定位和视觉里程计的定位方法。这几种定位方式的组合应用,能够满足月面巡视探测器导航方面的定位要求。     

锥导乘波机的构型设计与性能研究

以圆锥绕流流场为基础,运用锥导理论生成了不同的乘波机构型,并对乘波机进行了包括升力、粘性阻力、波阻、升阻比、乘波机长度、体积、容积效率等各主要性能指标在内的性能计算,初步确定出了锥导乘波机性能的变化规律及其决定性定型参数。计算结果表明:锥导乘波机构成方法简单且具有较高的升阻比和反设计性能,源流场圆锥半锥角、乘波机上表面型线曲率半径是影响锥导乘波机性能的决定性定型参数。     

一类受周期扰动航天器的混沌姿态运动

研究了航天器从绕最小惯量主轴到最大惯量主轴旋转的姿态机动过程中的混沌现象。考虑到航天器内部或外部的振动部件的影响,假设两个主轴的转动惯量为时间的周期函数,同时还考虑了航天器内结构阻尼以及稀薄气体阻力的影响。应用高维的Melnikov方法,求解姿态机动过程中产生混沌的条件的解析表达式,且得到的阀值条件是扰动系统参数的函数。最后对该阀值条件进行了数值验证。     

Aqueous corrosion of phosphide minerals from iron meteorites: a highly reactive source of prebiotic phosphorus on the surface of the early Earth

We present the results of an experimental study of aqueous corrosion of Fe-phosphide under conditions relevant to the early Earth. The results strongly suggest that iron meteorites were an important source of reactive phosphorus (P), a requirement for the formation of P-based life. We further demonstrate that iron meteorites were an abundant source of phosphide minerals early in Earth history. Phosphide corrosion was studied in five different solutions: deionized water, deionized water buffered with sodium bicarbonate, deionized water with dissolved magnesium and calcium chlorides, deionized water containing ethanol and acetic acid, and deionized water containing the chlorides, ethanol, and acetic acid. Experiments were performed in the presence of both air and pure Ar gas to evaluate the effect of atmospheric chemistry. Phosphide corrosion in deionized water results in a metastable mixture of mixed-valence, P-bearing ions including pyrophosphate and triphosphate, key components for metabolism in modern life. In a pH-buffered solution of NaHCO(3), the condensed and reduced species diphosphonate is an abundant corrosion product. Corrosion in ethanol- and acetic acid-containing solutions yields additional P-bearing organic molecules, including acetyl phosphonate and a cyclic triphosphorus molecule. Phosphonate is a major corrosion product of all experiments and is the only P-bearing molecule that persists in solutions with high concentrations of magnesium and calcium chlorides, which suggests that phosphonate may have been a primitive oceanic source of P. The stability and reactivity of phosphonate and hypophosphite in solution were investigated to elucidate reaction mechanisms and the role of mineral catalysts on P-solution chemistry. Phosphonate oxidation is rapid in the presence of Fe metal but negligible in the presence of magnetite and in the control sample. The rate of hypophosphite oxidation is independent of reaction substrate.     

Surface characteristics of spacecraft components affect the aggregation of microorganisms and may lead to different survival rates of bacteria on Mars landers

Layers of dormant endospores of Bacillus subtilis HA101 were applied to eight different spacecraft materials and exposed to martian conditions of low pressure (8.5 mbar), low temperature (-10 degrees C), and high CO(2) gas composition and irradiated with a Mars-normal ultraviolet (UV-visible- near-infrared spectrum. Bacterial layers were exposed to either 1 min or 1 h of Mars-normal UV irradiation, which simulated clear-sky conditions on equatorial Mars (0.1 tau). When exposed to 1 min of Mars UV irradiation, the numbers of viable endospores of B. subtilis were reduced three to four orders of magnitude for two brands of aluminum (Al), stainless steel, chemfilm-treated Al, clear-anodized Al, and black-anodized Al coupons. In contrast, bacterial survival was reduced only one to two orders of magnitude for endospores on the non-metal materials astroquartz and graphite composite when bacterial endospores were exposed to 1 min of Mars UV irradiation. When bacterial monolayers were exposed to 1 h of Mars UV irradiation, no viable bacteria were recovered from the six metal coupons listed above. In contrast, bacterial survival was reduced only two to three orders of magnitude for spore layers on astroquartz and graphite composite exposed to 1 h of Mars UV irradiation. Scanning electron microscopy images of the bacterial monolayers on all eight spacecraft materials revealed that endospores of B. subtilis formed large aggregates of multilayered spores on astroquartz and graphite composite, but not on the other six spacecraft materials. It is likely that the formation of multilayered aggregates of endospores on astroquartz and graphite composite is responsible for the enhanced survival of bacterial cells on these materials.     

固体推进剂燃烧中凝相粒子的激光全息测试

概述了测试凝相粒子尺寸的基本方法，较详细地阐述了研究燃烧场凝相粒子尺寸分布的激光全息测量方法和测试结果。