Melissa Vess

Goddard Space Flight CenterUnited States

Engineering · Physical Sciences

6h-index97citations19works5.02yr avg

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Research Topics

Inertial Sensor and Navigation(6), Spacecraft Design and Technology(6), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research(6), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies(5), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics(5)

Publications19 total

2022 IEEE Aerospace Conference (AERO)·2022· 7 cited
Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems·2021· 16 citedOpen Access
Starshade Rendezvous Probe Mission
Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society·2019· 11 cited
Starshade Rendezvous Probe
NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA)·2019· 9 cited
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave·2018
Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) Observatory Overview
2018· 2 cited
Inflight Performance of the SDO Fine Pointing Science Mode
NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA)·2017
Global Precipitation Measurement Mission Launch and Commissioning
NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA)·2015
AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference·2011· 9 citedOpen Access
AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference·2011· 5 citedOpen Access
AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference·2011· 3 cited
Solar Dynamics Observatory Launch and Commissioning
NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA)·2011· 3 cited
NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)·2007Open Access
Fault Detection and Correction for the Solar Dynamics Observatory Attitude Control System
NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA)·2007· 1 cited
Attitude Control System Design for the Solar Dynamics Observatory
NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA)·2005· 16 cited
USE OF THE SDO POINTING CONTROLLERS FOR INSTRUMENT CALIBRATION MANEUVERS
NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA)·2005· 6 cited
A Study on the Effects of J2 Perturbations on a Drag-Free Control System for Spacecraft in Low Earth Orbit
NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA)·2003

Frequent Co-authors

Scott R. Starin(10), Paul Mason(5), Wendy M. Morgenstern(5), James R. O’Donnell(4), Lisa Bartusek(4), Kristin Bourkland(3), Kuo-Chia Liu(3), Sara Seager(3), N. Jeremy Kasdin(3), Jeff Booth(3), Matt Greenhouse(3), Doug Lisman(3), Bruce Macintosh(3), Stuart Shaklan(3), Steve Warwick(3), David R. Webb(3), Maxime Rizzo(3), Ilya Poberezhskiy(3), Jeffrey S. Smith(3), A. Romero‐Wolf(2)