Traditionally, the space industry produced large and sophisticated spacecraft handcrafted by
large teams of engineers and budgets within the reach of only a few large government …

Micropropulsion systems are rapidly gaining attention from the small satellite community as
they can increase the mission lifetime and allow the satellite to perform complex maneuvers …

Inspection and repair interventions play vital roles in the asset management of railways.
Autonomous mobile manipulators possess considerable potential to replace humans in …

Miniaturized, multifunctional, and economical on-orbit service satellites have been
increasingly used with the continuous increase of space exploration missions. In this paper …

Demand for more complex space systems is ever increasing as the scale of the future
missions expands. Accordingly, much focus has been given recently to innovations in on …

CubeSats usually carry no propulsion system because of difficulties in scaling down existing
propulsion technologies to meet the stringent size, volume, and power limits. The most …

Miniaturized, multifunctional, and economical on-orbit service satellites have been
increasingly used with the continuous increase of space exploration missions. In this paper …

Advanced technology is emerging that can now provide rudimentary on-orbit spacecraft
fabrication, assembly, and repair. New research was started in 2013 to develop a CubeSat …