Laboratory for Spaceflight and Planetary Exploration

Laboratory for Spaceflight and Planetary Exploration

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  1. Maxwell Jacobson and Ye Lu, " Expanding Venus Entry Accessibility through Resonant Transfer ," IEEE Aerospace Conference, March 2026. 10.1109/AERO66936.2026.11520097
  2. Oleksii Padun and Ye Lu, " Mass-Moment Parameter Estimation and Control of Reconfiguring Spacecraft in Attitude Testbed ," AIAA SciTech Forum, January 2026. 10.2514/6.2026-0786
  3. Oleksii Padun and Ye Lu, " Generalized Formulation of State and Parameter Estimation for Atmospheric Re-entry ," AIAA SciTech Forum, January 2026. 10.2514/6.2026-1495
  4. Oleksii Padun and Ye Lu, " Estimation and Control of Dynamic Mass-Moment Parameters for Spacecraft Attitude Simulator ," Proceedings of the AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, 2024. SSC24-X-07
  5. Athul P. Girija, Rachana Agrawal, Ye Lu, Archit Arora, Maxim de Jong, Matt Kent, Sarag J. Saikia, and James M. Longuski, " A Single Wheel Test Rig for Ocean World Rovers ," Journal of Terramechanics, Vol. 108, 2023. 10.1016/j.jterra.2023.07.001
  6. Ye Lu and Oswaldo Santana Gonzalez, " Single-Event Lift Modulation Aerocapture for Small, Low-Cost Interplanetary Missions ," 2023 IEEE Aerospace Conference. 10.1109/AERO55745.2023.10115756
  7. Athul P. Girija, Sarag J. Saikia, James M. Longuski, Ye Lu, and James A. Cutts, " Quantitative Assessment of Aerocapture and Application to Future Missions ," Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 59, No. 4, 2022. 10.2514/1.A35214
  8. Oswaldo Santana Gonzalez and Ye Lu, " Ballistic Aerocapture for SmallSat: A Case Study for Venus Atmospheric Sampling Probe ," 35th Annual Small Satellite Conference, 2021. 10.26077/mm6m-yq07
  9. Sarag J. Saikia, James Millane, Ye Lu, Alec Mudek, Archit Arora, Paul Witsberger, Kyle Hughes, James Longuski, Anastassios Petropoulos, Nitin Arora, James Cutts, John Elliott, John Sims, and Kim Reh, " Aerocapture Assessment for NASA Ice Giants Pre-Decadal Survey Mission Study ," Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 58, No. 2, 2021. 10.2514/1.A34703
  10. Ye Lu and Sarag J. Saikia, " Saturn and Enceladus Mission Design using Titan Aerogravity-Assist ," Acta Astronautica, Vol. 176, 2020. 10.1016/j.actaastro.2020.06.001
  11. Zhenbo Wang and Ye Lu, " Improved Sequential Convex Programming Algorithms for Entry Trajectory Optimization ," Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 57, No. 6, 2020. 10.2514/1.A34640
  12. Athul Pradeepkumar Girija, Ye Lu, and Sarag J. Saikia, " Feasibility and Mass-Benefit Analysis of Aerocapture for Venus ," Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 57, No. 1, 2020. 10.2514/1.A34529