The increase in number of interplanetary probes has emphasized the need for spacecraft
autonomy to reduce overall mission costs and to enable riskier operations without ground …

Spacecraft autonomy can be enhanced by vision-based navigation (VBN) techniques.
Applications range from manoeuvers around Solar System objects and landing on planetary …

View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2022-1193. vid Image processing and
vision-based navigation algorithms require images for design, testing, and validation. For …

Verification and validation is an essential step for image processing and visionbased
navigation algorithms. Typically these algorithms are designed mainly with synthetic images …

While orbiting the Sun, the Earth-Moon system is periodically impacted by meteoroids. The
scientific interest in these impacts relies on the possibility of gathering information about the …

Minor bodies exhibit considerable variability in shape and surface morphology, posing
challenges for spacecraft operations, which are further compounded by highly non-linear …

Image processing and vision-based navigation algorithms require images for design,
testing, and validation. For space exploration purposes, it is complex if not impossible to …

Current exploration missions to the close vicinity of small celestial bodies require plenty of
human monitoring and processing to ensure a safe fly during the mission operation. This …

The increasing interest in spacecraft autonomy and the complex tasks to be accomplished
by the spacecraft raise the need for a trustworthy approach to perform Verification & …

Thanks to the rising focus on deep-space exploration and exploitation, the demand for
sustainable and efficient navigation approaches has become crucial. Standard ground …