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session 1

Title: Space Exploration Overview
type: oral
Description: This Session covers Space Exploration strategies and architectures, as well as technology roadmaps. Papers of both national and international perspectives are invited, as are papers dealing with the emerging area of commercial space exploration activities.
Date: 2025-09-29
Time: 15:30
Room: Room C4.5

IPC members

Co-Chair: Mr. Keyur Patel, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States;
Co-Chair: Dr. Norbert Frischauf, TU Graz, Austria;
Rapporteur: Mr. Dmitry Zarubin, Space Research Institute (IKI), Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Russian Federation;

papers
Order	Time	Paper title	Mode	Presentation status	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
1	15:30	The road to the Moon: ‘Roover’, Australia’s first lunar rover	15		Mr. Ben Sorensen		Australia
2	15:45	DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A SOFT GRIPPER ROBOTIC ARM FOR ADVANCED AUTONOMOUS OPERATIONS IN SPACE EXPLORATION	15		Ms. Aayushi Dwivedi	Vellore Institute of Technology	India
3	16:00	Improving Space Exploration: Nanotechnology, ISRU and Advanced Manufacturing Techniques	15		Ms. Chilla Sumana	Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC)	India
4	16:15	Tyranny of the Map: the impact of geography on space exploration and operations	15		Mr. David Marsh		United States
5	16:30	Mission Design for Neo Exploration and Mining at Lagrange Points L4 and L5: Supporting Trans-Lunar Space Operations	15		Mr. Aman Kumar Panda	G D Goenka University	India
6	16:45	Interstellar Hitchhiking: Using Rogue Planets and Cometary Highways for Deep Space Travel	15		Ms. Samiksha Raviraja	Airbus Defence and Space	United Kingdom
7	17:00	The Mixed Views of Panspermia in the Distribution of Xenobiological Lifeforms Across the Cosmos	15		Ms. Natassha Naomi Shanmugam	International Space University (ISU)	France
8	17:15	The COSPAR Policy on planetary protection : the quest for habitats in the outer solar system and how to protect exotic pristine environments	15		Dr. Athena Coustenis	Observatoire de Paris	France
9	17:30	Revolutionizing Space Exploration: The Role of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision in Autonomous Missions	15		Mr. Ahmeed Etti-Balogun	Federal University of Technology Akure	Nigeria
10	17:45	Restructuring Development and Implementation of ISRU in NASA’s Artemis Program	15		Mr. Gerald Sanders	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Johnson Space Center	United States
*		the role of artificial intelligence in the advancement of space exploration and its impact on human involvement	10		Ms. Sara Altrawneh	Jordan University of Science & Technology	Jordan
*		Understanding the Impact of Space Radiation and Microgravity on Astronaut Health in Deep Space	10		Ms. Debasmita Senapati		India