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Cervone, A. (author), Topputo, F. (author), Speretta, S. (author), Menicucci, A. (author), Turan, E. (author), Di Lizia, P. (author), Massari, M. (author), Costa, E. (author), Bertels, E. (author)The Earth-Moon system is constantly bombarded by meteoroids of different size and impact speed. Observation of the impacts on the Moon can enable thorough characterization of the Lunar meteoroid flux, which is similar to that of the Earth. While Earth-based Lunar observations are restricted by weather, geometric and illumination conditions, a...journal article 2022
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Gradl, P.R. (author), Cervone, A. (author), Gill, E.K.A. (author)Additive Manufacturing (AM) offers new design and manufacturing opportunities of thin-wall microchannel heat exchangers for aerospace and industrial applications. Laser Powder Directed Energy Deposition (LP-DED) is an AM process providing large scale manufacturing of thin-wall microchannel heat exchangers. Successful industrialization of the LP...journal article 2022
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Gradl, P.R. (author), Cervone, A. (author), Colonna, Piero (author)Heat exchangers for use in propulsion applications are very critical components because they must be efficient, compact and light and often operate with working fluids at extreme temperatures or pressures or both. Various components and systems use heat exchangers such as combustion chambers of gas turbines and internal combustion engines, fuel...conference paper 2022
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Turan, E. (author), Speretta, S. (author), Cervone, A. (author), Menicucci, A. (author), Topputo, Francesco (author), Franzese, Vittorio (author), Giordano, Carmine (author), Merisio, Gianmario (author), Di Lizia, Pierluigi (author)The Lunar Meteoroid Impact Observer (LUMIO) is a CubeSat mission at the Earth-Moon Lagrangian point 2 (L2) designed to observe, quantify, and characterize the meteoroid impacts by detecting their flashes on the Lunar farside. LUMIO can be deployed as one of the payloads in the NASA Commercial Lunar Payload System or from Artemis-2 mission to a...conference paper 2022
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Topputo, F. (author), Merisio, G. (author), Cervone, A. (author), Speretta, S. (author), Menicucci, A. (author), Turan, E. (author), Bertels, E. (author), Vennekens, Johan (author), Walker, R (author)The Lunar Meteoroid Impacts Observer (LUMIO) is a CubeSat mission to observe, quantify, and characterize the meteoroid impacts on the lunar farside by detecting their flashes. This complements the knowledge gathered by Earth-based observations of the lunar nearside, thus synthesizing global information on the lunar meteoroid environment and...journal article 2022
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Cervone, A. (author), Cordeiro Guerrieri, D. (author), de Athayde Costa e Silva, M. (author), Leverone, F.K. (author)Electrothermal propulsion can be seen as an intermediate concept between electrical and chemical propulsion. Propellant heating typically happens by means of a resistance (resistojet) or an electrical discharge (arcjet). For the extremely miniaturized applications that will be discussed in this chapter, resistojets are by far the most...book chapter 2022
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How Cheah, Kean (author), Ganani, Chaggai (author), Lemmer, Kristina (author), Cervone, A. (author)This chapter covers the development of cold gas microthruster, which is widely regarded as the simplest way of generating thrust in space, for nanosatellites. A brief background and principles of operation were given, followed by the introduction of nozzle theory that could be used in the preliminary estimation of microthruster performance...book chapter 2022
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Topputo, Francesco (author), Merisio, G. (author), Giordano, G. (author), Franzese, V (author), Cervone, A. (author), Speretta, S. (author), Menicucci, A. (author), Bertels, E. (author), Thorvaldsen, a. (author)The Lunar Meteoroid Impact Observer (LUMIO) is a mission designed to observe, quantify, and characterize the impacts of meteoroids on the lunar far side and, therefore, complement in both space and time the observations currently taken from Earth. While Earth-based lunar observations are restricted by weather, geometric and illumination...conference paper 2021
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Cervone, A. (author), Speretta, S. (author), Menicucci, A. (author), Bertels, E. (author), Topputo, Francesco (author), Merisio, G. (author)The Lunar Meteoroid Impact Observer (LUMIO), one of the two winning concepts of the SysNova Lunar CubeSats for Exploration call by ESA, is a mission designed to observe, quantify, and characterize the meteoroid impacts on the Lunar far side by detecting the flashes generated by the impact. While Earth-based Lunar observations are restricted by...conference paper 2021
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Menicucci, A. (author), Cervone, A. (author), Speretta, S. (author), Bertels, E. (author), Topputo, Francesco (author)The Earth-Moon system is constantly bombarded by meteoroids of different size and impact speed. Observation of the impacts on the Moon can enable thorough characterization of the Lunar meteoroid flux, which is similar to that of the Earth. While Earth-based Lunar observations are restricted by weather, geometric and illumination conditions, a...conference paper 2021
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Speretta, S. (author), Cervone, A. (author), Menicucci, A. (author), Turan, E. (author), Bertels, E. (author), Bosman, B.N. (author), Topputo, Francesco (author)The Lunar Meteoroid Impact Observer (LUMIO) is a mission designed to observe, quantify, and characterize the meteoroid impacts by detecting their flashes on the lunar far side. Earth-based lunar observations are restricted by weather, geometric and illumination conditions, while a lunar orbiter can improve the detection rate of lunar meteoroid...conference paper 2021
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Cervone, A. (author), Topputo, Francesco (author), Speretta, S. (author), Menicucci, A. (author), Di Lizia, P. (author), Bertels, E. (author), Massari, M. (author), Franzese, V (author), Giordano, C (author)The Earth-Moon system is constantly bombarded by meteoroids of different size and impact speed. Observation of the impacts on the Moon can enable thorough characterization of the Lunar meteoroid flux, which is similar to that of the Earth. While Earth-based Lunar observations are restricted by weather, geometric and illumination conditions, a...conference paper 2021
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Bier, H.H. (author), Cervone, A. (author), Makaya, Advenit (author)Sending humans to the Moon and Mars in the near future requires appropriate infrastructure to support and subsequently sustain human activities. This includes infrastructure to shield from environmental conditions, generate energy, and facilitate mobility and communication. Construction of such infrastructure aims to use in-situ resources and...contribution to periodical 2021
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Casini, S. (author), Fodde, Iosto (author), Monna, Bert (author), Cervone, A. (author), Gill, E.K.A. (author)The purpose of this work is to present a novel CubeSat architecture, aimed to explore Near Earth Asteroids. The fast growth in small satellite commercial-off-the-shelf technologies, which characterized the last decade of space industry, is exploited to design a 3U CubeSat able to provide a basic scientific return sufficient to improve the...journal article 2021
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Nosseir, Ahmed E.S. (author), Cervone, A. (author), Pasini, Angelo (author)Green propellants are currently considered as enabling technology that is revolutionizing the development of high-performance space propulsion, especially for small-sized spacecraft. Modern space missions, either in LEO or interplanetary, require relatively high-thrust and impulsive capabilities to provide better control on the spacecraft,...journal article 2021
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Leverone, F.K. (author), Cervone, A. (author), Pini, M. (author), Gill, E.K.A. (author)Small satellites with increased capabilities in terms of power and propulsion are being demanded for future missions. This paper addresses an alternative bi-modal solution which consists of a solar thermal propulsion system coupled with a micro-Organic Rankine Cycle system, to co-generate thrust and electrical power. Current literature on bi...journal article 2021
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Nosseir, Ahmed E.S. (author), Cervone, A. (author), Pasini, Angelo (author)Current research trends have advanced the use of “green propellants” on a wide scale for spacecraft in various space missions; mainly for environmental sustainability and safety concerns. Small satellites, particularly micro and nanosatellites, evolved from passive planetary-orbiting to being able to perform active orbital operations that may...journal article 2021
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Bier, H.H. (author), Chan, P.W.C. (author), Makaya, Advenit (author), Cervone, A. (author)Dialogues on Architecture is a series of dialogues between researchers and practitioners, who are embracing the intellectual model of high technology and are involved in its advancement and application in architecture. Dialogue #4 focuses on the technology transfer between on-and off-Earth research and its impact on society, and in particular...journal article 2021
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Kerstens, Fabio (author), Cervone, A. (author), Gradl, P.R. (author)High performance liquid rocket engines require cooling to maintain structural integrity of the combustion chamber which is exposed to high thermal and environmental loads. For many systems, this is achieved by means of regenerative cooling, where a coolant flows through passages around the chamber wall whilst extracting heat from the wall. A...journal article 2021
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Leverone, F.K. (author), Pini, M. (author), Cervone, A. (author), Gill, E.K.A. (author)Small satellites are receiving increased recognition in the space domain due to their reduced associated launch costs and shorter lead time when compared to larger satellites. However, this advantage is often at the expense of mission capabilities, such as available electrical power and propulsion. A possible solution is to shift from the...journal article 2020