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Europa, the fourth largest moon of Jupiter, is believed to be one of the best places in the solar system to look for extant life beyond Earth. The 2011 Planetary Decadal ...Show MoreMetadata
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Europa, the fourth largest moon of Jupiter, is believed to be one of the best places in the solar system to look for extant life beyond Earth. The 2011 Planetary Decadal Survey, Vision and Voyages, states: “Because of this ocean's potential suitability for life, Europa is one of the most important targets in all of planetary science.” Exploring Europa to investigate its habitability is the goal of the planned Europa Mission. This exploration is intimately tied to understanding the three “ingredients” for life: liquid water, chemistry, and energy. The Europa Mission would investigate these ingredients by comprehensively exploring Europa's ice shell and liquid ocean interface, surface geology and surface composition to glean insight into the inner workings of this fascinating moon. In addition, a lander mission is seen as a possible future step, but current data about the Jovian radiation environment and about potential landing site hazards and potential safe landing zones is insufficient. Therefore an additional goal of the mission would be to characterize the radiation environment near Europa and investigate scientifically compelling sites for hazards, to inform a potential future landed mission. The Europa Mission envisions sending a flight system, consisting of a spacecraft equipped with a payload of NASA-selected scientific instruments, to execute numerous flybys of Europa while in Jupiter orbit. A key challenge is that the flight system must survive and operate in the intense Jovian radiation environment, which is especially harsh at Europa. The innovative design of this multiple-flyby tour is an enabling feature of this mission: by minimizing the time spent in the radiation environment the spacecraft complexity and cost has been significantly reduced compared to previous mission concepts. The spacecraft would launch from Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, on a NASA supplied launch vehicle, no earlier than 2022. The formulation and impleme...
Published in: 2017 IEEE Aerospace Conference
Date of Conference: 04-11 March 2017
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 08 June 2017
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Todd J. Bayer is a Principal Engineer in the Systems Division at the J et Propulsion Laboratory. He is currently the Flight System Engineer for the Europa Mission Project. He received his B.S. in Physics in 1984 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He started his career as a project officer in the US Air Force at Space Division in El Segundo, California. Following his military service, he joined the staff of J ...Show More
Todd J. Bayer is a Principal Engineer in the Systems Division at the J et Propulsion Laboratory. He is currently the Flight System Engineer for the Europa Mission Project. He received his B.S. in Physics in 1984 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He started his career as a project officer in the US Air Force at Space Division in El Segundo, California. Following his military service, he joined the staff of J ...View more
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Brent Buffington is a member of the Outer Planet Mission Analysis Group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He received his B.A. in Physics (with a Mathematics minor) from the University of Montana in 2002 and his M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Colorado-Boulder in 2004. He has been with JPL for more than 12 years and is the recipient the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal. Brent is currently the Missio...Show More
Brent Buffington is a member of the Outer Planet Mission Analysis Group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He received his B.A. in Physics (with a Mathematics minor) from the University of Montana in 2002 and his M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Colorado-Boulder in 2004. He has been with JPL for more than 12 years and is the recipient the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal. Brent is currently the Missio...View more
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Jean-Francois Castet is a Systems Engineer in the Autonomy and Fault Protection Group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He received a M.S. Degree from SUPAERO (Toulouse, France), and M.S. and Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA). He is currently part of the Flight System Engineering Team on the E uropa Mission, focusing on fault management.
Jean-Francois Castet is a Systems Engineer in the Autonomy and Fault Protection Group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He received a M.S. Degree from SUPAERO (Toulouse, France), and M.S. and Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA). He is currently part of the Flight System Engineering Team on the E uropa Mission, focusing on fault management.View more
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Maddalena Jackson is a member of the Europa Project's Flight System Requirements Team and the Project System Engineering Team (PSET). She is also Europa's PSET Software Management Lead, which oversees software developed in support of Systems Engineering activities for the Project and Flight System. She received her BS in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College.
Maddalena Jackson is a member of the Europa Project's Flight System Requirements Team and the Project System Engineering Team (PSET). She is also Europa's PSET Software Management Lead, which oversees software developed in support of Systems Engineering activities for the Project and Flight System. She received her BS in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College.View more
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Gene Lee is a Systems Engineer in the Autonomy and Fault Protection Group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He is currently the Fault Management lead on the Europa Mission having previously worked on the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover. He received his B.S. in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College and M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University.
Gene Lee is a Systems Engineer in the Autonomy and Fault Protection Group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He is currently the Fault Management lead on the Europa Mission having previously worked on the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover. He received his B.S. in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College and M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University.View more
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Kari Lewis has been a flight system engineer at JPL since 1996. She joined JPL after graduating with her BS in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. She also received her MBA from the Anderson School of Business at the University of California, Los Angeles in 2004. Ms. Lewis has worked several missions in her career, including Deep Space 2, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars Science Laboratory, Jaso...Show More
Kari Lewis has been a flight system engineer at JPL since 1996. She joined JPL after graduating with her BS in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. She also received her MBA from the Anderson School of Business at the University of California, Los Angeles in 2004. Ms. Lewis has worked several missions in her career, including Deep Space 2, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars Science Laboratory, Jaso...View more
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Jason Kastner is Deputy Flight Systems Engineer for the Europa Mission. This role comes after nearly a decade as a mechanical manager at JPL, most recently as the Delivery Manager for the SMAP Spacecraft Mechanical Systems. He has previously worked as a systems engineer and SE manager at Northrop Grumman (nee TRW). He received his BS and MS in mathematics from Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, and his doctorate ...Show More
Jason Kastner is Deputy Flight Systems Engineer for the Europa Mission. This role comes after nearly a decade as a mechanical manager at JPL, most recently as the Delivery Manager for the SMAP Spacecraft Mechanical Systems. He has previously worked as a systems engineer and SE manager at Northrop Grumman (nee TRW). He received his BS and MS in mathematics from Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, and his doctorate ...View more
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Kathy Schimmels is a member of the Mission Operations Systems Engineering Group at JPL and is currently the MOS Engineering Lead for the Europa Mission. Kathy served as the MOS Engineering Lead for the Dawn Mission to Vesta and Ceres, and the NuSTAR xray Telescope Mission. She has over 7 years of flight ops experience in science operations and leadership during both prime and extended mission operations on the Galileo Mis...Show More
Kathy Schimmels is a member of the Mission Operations Systems Engineering Group at JPL and is currently the MOS Engineering Lead for the Europa Mission. Kathy served as the MOS Engineering Lead for the Dawn Mission to Vesta and Ceres, and the NuSTAR xray Telescope Mission. She has over 7 years of flight ops experience in science operations and leadership during both prime and extended mission operations on the Galileo Mis...View more
Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD
Karen W. Kirby is a Principal Engineer in the Systems Engineering and Applications Group of the APL Space Department. She is currently Europa Mission Deputy Flight system engineer and most recently she served as the Van Allen probes mission system engineer during mission operations as well as spacecraft system engineer during development of the RBSP spacecraft in Phase C/D. Karen previously worked as a telecommunications ...Show More
Karen W. Kirby is a Principal Engineer in the Systems Engineering and Applications Group of the APL Space Department. She is currently Europa Mission Deputy Flight system engineer and most recently she served as the Van Allen probes mission system engineer during mission operations as well as spacecraft system engineer during development of the RBSP spacecraft in Phase C/D. Karen previously worked as a telecommunications ...View more
Contents Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Todd J. Bayer is a Principal Engineer in the Systems Division at the J et Propulsion Laboratory. He is currently the Flight System Engineer for the Europa Mission Project. He received his B.S. in Physics in 1984 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He started his career as a project officer in the US Air Force at Space Division in El Segundo, California. Following his military service, he joined the staff of J P L in 1989. He has participated in the development and operations of several missions including Mars Observer, Cassini, Deep Space 1, and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, for which he was the Flight System Engineer for development and Chief Engineer during flight operations. During a leave of absence from JPL, he worked as a systems engineer on the European next generation weather satellite at EUMETSAT in Darmstadt, Germany. Most recently he was the Assistant Manager for Flight Projects of JPL's Systems and Software Division.
Todd J. Bayer is a Principal Engineer in the Systems Division at the J et Propulsion Laboratory. He is currently the Flight System Engineer for the Europa Mission Project. He received his B.S. in Physics in 1984 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He started his career as a project officer in the US Air Force at Space Division in El Segundo, California. Following his military service, he joined the staff of J P L in 1989. He has participated in the development and operations of several missions including Mars Observer, Cassini, Deep Space 1, and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, for which he was the Flight System Engineer for development and Chief Engineer during flight operations. During a leave of absence from JPL, he worked as a systems engineer on the European next generation weather satellite at EUMETSAT in Darmstadt, Germany. Most recently he was the Assistant Manager for Flight Projects of JPL's Systems and Software Division.View more
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Brent Buffington is a member of the Outer Planet Mission Analysis Group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He received his B.A. in Physics (with a Mathematics minor) from the University of Montana in 2002 and his M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Colorado-Boulder in 2004. He has been with JPL for more than 12 years and is the recipient the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal. Brent is currently the Mission Design Manager for the Europa Mission. Previously, he was a member of the Cassini Navigation team where he performed orbit determination and flight path control, as well as played a significant role in modifying Cassini’ s Prime Mission and designing both of Cassini's extended mission trajectories.
Brent Buffington is a member of the Outer Planet Mission Analysis Group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He received his B.A. in Physics (with a Mathematics minor) from the University of Montana in 2002 and his M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Colorado-Boulder in 2004. He has been with JPL for more than 12 years and is the recipient the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal. Brent is currently the Mission Design Manager for the Europa Mission. Previously, he was a member of the Cassini Navigation team where he performed orbit determination and flight path control, as well as played a significant role in modifying Cassini’ s Prime Mission and designing both of Cassini's extended mission trajectories.View more
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Jean-Francois Castet is a Systems Engineer in the Autonomy and Fault Protection Group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He received a M.S. Degree from SUPAERO (Toulouse, France), and M.S. and Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA). He is currently part of the Flight System Engineering Team on the E uropa Mission, focusing on fault management.
Jean-Francois Castet is a Systems Engineer in the Autonomy and Fault Protection Group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He received a M.S. Degree from SUPAERO (Toulouse, France), and M.S. and Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA). He is currently part of the Flight System Engineering Team on the E uropa Mission, focusing on fault management.View more
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Maddalena Jackson is a member of the Europa Project's Flight System Requirements Team and the Project System Engineering Team (PSET). She is also Europa's PSET Software Management Lead, which oversees software developed in support of Systems Engineering activities for the Project and Flight System. She received her BS in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College.
Maddalena Jackson is a member of the Europa Project's Flight System Requirements Team and the Project System Engineering Team (PSET). She is also Europa's PSET Software Management Lead, which oversees software developed in support of Systems Engineering activities for the Project and Flight System. She received her BS in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College.View more
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Gene Lee is a Systems Engineer in the Autonomy and Fault Protection Group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He is currently the Fault Management lead on the Europa Mission having previously worked on the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover. He received his B.S. in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College and M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University.
Gene Lee is a Systems Engineer in the Autonomy and Fault Protection Group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He is currently the Fault Management lead on the Europa Mission having previously worked on the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover. He received his B.S. in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College and M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University.View more
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Kari Lewis has been a flight system engineer at JPL since 1996. She joined JPL after graduating with her BS in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. She also received her MBA from the Anderson School of Business at the University of California, Los Angeles in 2004. Ms. Lewis has worked several missions in her career, including Deep Space 2, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars Science Laboratory, Jason-3, and recently Europa. Her current position is lead payload system engineer for the Europa mission. Kari has received the NASA excellence in system engineering award for her work with model based system engineering on Europa.
Kari Lewis has been a flight system engineer at JPL since 1996. She joined JPL after graduating with her BS in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. She also received her MBA from the Anderson School of Business at the University of California, Los Angeles in 2004. Ms. Lewis has worked several missions in her career, including Deep Space 2, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars Science Laboratory, Jason-3, and recently Europa. Her current position is lead payload system engineer for the Europa mission. Kari has received the NASA excellence in system engineering award for her work with model based system engineering on Europa.View more
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Jason Kastner is Deputy Flight Systems Engineer for the Europa Mission. This role comes after nearly a decade as a mechanical manager at JPL, most recently as the Delivery Manager for the SMAP Spacecraft Mechanical Systems. He has previously worked as a systems engineer and SE manager at Northrop Grumman (nee TRW). He received his BS and MS in mathematics from Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, and his doctorate in applied mathematics from Caltech.
Jason Kastner is Deputy Flight Systems Engineer for the Europa Mission. This role comes after nearly a decade as a mechanical manager at JPL, most recently as the Delivery Manager for the SMAP Spacecraft Mechanical Systems. He has previously worked as a systems engineer and SE manager at Northrop Grumman (nee TRW). He received his BS and MS in mathematics from Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, and his doctorate in applied mathematics from Caltech.View more
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Kathy Schimmels is a member of the Mission Operations Systems Engineering Group at JPL and is currently the MOS Engineering Lead for the Europa Mission. Kathy served as the MOS Engineering Lead for the Dawn Mission to Vesta and Ceres, and the NuSTAR xray Telescope Mission. She has over 7 years of flight ops experience in science operations and leadership during both prime and extended mission operations on the Galileo Mission. Additionally, Kathy was the lead systems engineer in the development of a multi-mission operations system model as the basis for future mission development. She received her B.S. and and M.S. degrees in Aerospace Engineering Sciences from the University of Colorado, Boulder with a minor in Astrophysical, Planetary, and Atmospheric sciences.
Kathy Schimmels is a member of the Mission Operations Systems Engineering Group at JPL and is currently the MOS Engineering Lead for the Europa Mission. Kathy served as the MOS Engineering Lead for the Dawn Mission to Vesta and Ceres, and the NuSTAR xray Telescope Mission. She has over 7 years of flight ops experience in science operations and leadership during both prime and extended mission operations on the Galileo Mission. Additionally, Kathy was the lead systems engineer in the development of a multi-mission operations system model as the basis for future mission development. She received her B.S. and and M.S. degrees in Aerospace Engineering Sciences from the University of Colorado, Boulder with a minor in Astrophysical, Planetary, and Atmospheric sciences.View more
Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD
Karen W. Kirby is a Principal Engineer in the Systems Engineering and Applications Group of the APL Space Department. She is currently Europa Mission Deputy Flight system engineer and most recently she served as the Van Allen probes mission system engineer during mission operations as well as spacecraft system engineer during development of the RBSP spacecraft in Phase C/D. Karen previously worked as a telecommunications engineer and as a systems engineer both at JPL and at Orbital Sciences. Karen received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the George Washington University and an M.S. degree in electrical engineering from University of Southern California.
Karen W. Kirby is a Principal Engineer in the Systems Engineering and Applications Group of the APL Space Department. She is currently Europa Mission Deputy Flight system engineer and most recently she served as the Van Allen probes mission system engineer during mission operations as well as spacecraft system engineer during development of the RBSP spacecraft in Phase C/D. Karen previously worked as a telecommunications engineer and as a systems engineer both at JPL and at Orbital Sciences. Karen received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the George Washington University and an M.S. degree in electrical engineering from University of Southern California.View more
