No AccessA General Approach to Terrain Relative Navigation for Planetary LandingAndrew Johnson, Adnan Ansar, Larry Matthies, Nikolas Trawny, Anastasios Mourikis and Stergios RoumeliotisAndrew JohnsonJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of TechnologySearch for more papers by this author, Adnan AnsarJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of TechnologySearch for more papers by this author, Larry MatthiesJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of TechnologySearch for more papers by this author, Nikolas TrawnyUniversity of MinnesotaSearch for more papers by this author, Anastasios MourikisUniversity of MinnesotaSearch for more papers by this author and Stergios RoumeliotisUniversity of MinnesotaSearch for more papers by this authorSession: I@A-44: Sensor Systems for Navigation, Stabilization and Control IIPublished Online:15 Jun 2012https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2007-2854SectionsRead Now ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookXLinked InRedditEmail About Previous chapter Next chapter FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee PDF for referencesCited byPerformance Evaluation of Lunar Lander Self-Positioning Estimation Method Improved by Incorporating Crater Size1 Jan 2024 | TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES, Vol. 67, No. 6Signature method for determination of the lunar lander position by video image1 May 2023 | Engineering Journal: Science and Innovation, No. 5 (137)Deep Reinforcement Learning for Pin-Point Autonomous Lunar Landing: Trajectory Recalculation for Obstacle Avoidance17 June 2023A Novel Visual-Based Terrain Relative Navigation System for Planetary Applications Based on Mask R-CNN and Projective Invariants15 October 2022 | Aerotecnica Missili & Spazio, Vol. 101, No. 4Оптический пеленгатор для автономной посадки космического зонда на малые тела Солнечной системы7 September 2022 | PHOTONICS Russia, Vol. 16, No. 5Space Applications of a Trusted AI Framework: Experiences and Lessons Learned5 Mar 2022Concepts for the Future Exploration of Dwarf Planet Ceres’ Habitability18 February 2022 | The Planetary Science Journal, Vol. 3, No. 2Learning Transferable Policies for Autonomous Planetary Landing via Deep Reinforcement LearningGiulia Ciabatti, Shreyansh Daftry and Roberto Capobianco3 November 2021A vehicle autonomous positioning technology based on terrain relative navigation22 Oct 2021Neural Network Approach to Crater Detection for Lunar Terrain Relative NavigationLena M. 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