Richard P. Kornfeld

Jet Propulsion Laboratory — United States

Physics and Astronomy · Physical Sciences

15h-index896citations33works3.22yr avg
OpenAlex↗Google Scholar↗Lab page↗

Accepting Students?

No reports yet. Know if this professor is taking students?

Research Topics

Planetary Science and Exploration(17), Astro and Planetary Science(9), Space Exploration and Technology(8), Space Satellite Systems and Control(7), Spacecraft Dynamics and Control(6)

Publications33 total

Endurance Rover Sample Return Mission: Challenges and Strategies for Long-Range Lunar Exploration
2025· 1 cited
The Endurance Mission Progress
2025· 1 cited
Endurance Mission-Level Simulation Architecture for Autonomy Development
2024
The Endurance Lunar Rover Sample Return Mission
2024· 11 cited
To Boldly Go Where No Robots Have Gone Before – Part 1: EELS Robot to Spearhead a New One-Shot Exploration Paradigm with in-situ Adaptation
2024· 3 cited
Moon Diver: Exploring a pit's exposed strata to understand lunar volcanism
Acta Astronautica·2023· 15 citedOpen Access
Correction: GRACE-FO: The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On Mission
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets·2022· 1 cited
GRACE-FO: The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On Mission
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets·2019· 402 cited
Moon Diver: A Discovery Mission Concept for Understanding the History of Secondary Crusts through the Exploration of a Lunar Mare Pit
2019· 32 cited
Moon Diver: A Discovery Mission Concept for Understanding Planetary Flood Basalts through the Exploration of a Lunar Mare Cross-Section
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts·2018
Verification and Validation of the Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity Rover Entry, Descent, and Landing System
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets·2014· 59 cited
Two-Mission Campaign for Mars Sample Acquisition and Return
LPICo·2012
Reconstruction of Entry, Descent, and Landing Communications for the Phoenix Mars Lander
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets·2011· 15 cited
Science Satellites – Landers and Rovers
Encyclopedia of Aerospace Engineering·2010
Telecommunications relay support of the Mars Phoenix Lander mission
2010· 22 cited
The Mars Phoenix Communications Brownout during Entry into the Martian Atmosphere
IPNPR·2009· 5 cited
An Interplanetary and Interagency Network - Lander Communications at Mars
SpaceOps 2008 Conference·2008· 8 cited
Entry, Descent, and Landing Communications for the 2007 Phoenix Mars Lander
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets·2008· 20 cited
Mars Sample Return: Testing the Last Meter of Rendezvous and Sample Capture
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets·2007· 16 cited
Laser radar for spacecraft guidance applications
2004· 16 cited
page 1 of 2Next →

Frequent Co-authors

Issa Nesnas(7), R. John Hansman(5), John Deyst(5), John Elliott(4), Aaron Parness(3), Patrick McGarey(3), Travis Brown(3), Michael Paton(3), B. W. Denevi(3), P. O. Hayne(3), Tyler Horvath(3), K. Bruvold(3), Peter Ilott(3), R. L. Bunker(3), Curtis Padgett(3), Benjamin Hockman(3), John D. Baker(3), J. T. Keane(3), Bradford W. Arnold(2), Michael Groß(2)