Guidance, Navigation, and Control System for Landing near Plume Source on Enceladus

What is it about?

Saturn's moon Enceladus contains an ocean covered by a thick layer of ice which might host alien microbial life. Plumes ejected from the south pole of Enceladus could carry evidence of this life. We design an autonomous robotic landing system to land near one of those plume sources safely and accurately, in order to sample water under them for life.

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