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Space Exploration and Technology

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
S. Maurice
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
2
Armando Azúa-Bustos
Centro de Astrobiología
3
Shirley Holt
University of South Australia
4
Charun Bao
Tsinghua University
5
Sarah Stahl-Rommel
JES Tech (United States)
6
Juan-Carlos Ginés-Palomares
Technische Universität Berlin
7
Alessandro Mazzi
University of Padua
8
Sean M. Fuller
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
9
Jonathan O’Callaghan
The University of Adelaide
10
Yulia Akisheva
Institut Superieur de l'Aeronautique et de l'Espace (ISAE-SUPAERO)

Rising Stars Papers

1
Lunar In Situ Large-Scale Construction: Quantitative Evaluation of Regolith Solidification Techniques
Engineering|2024
66 cit.
2
How OpenAI’s text-to-video tool Sora could change science – and society
Nature|2024
31 cit.
3
Apple Vision Pro: what does it mean for scientists?
Nature|2024
14 cit.
4
Conceptual design and experimental investigation of regolith bag structures for lunar in situ construction
Journal of Building Engineering|2024
14 cit.
5
A novel rigidizable inflatable lunar habitation system: design concept and material characterization
Materials & Design|2024
14 cit.
6
Anomalously low-mass core-He-burning star in NGC 6819 as a post-common-envelope phase product
Astronomy and Astrophysics|2024
6 cit.
7
Regolith-based lunar habitats: an engineering approach to radiation shielding
CEAS Space Journal|2024
5 cit.
8
Laser Melting vs. Laser Sintering: Large Area Heat Processing of Lunar South Pole Simulant
Additive Manufacturing Frontiers|2025
2 cit.
9
Sam Bankman-Fried sentencing: crypto-funded researchers grapple with FTX collapse
Nature|2024
1 cit.
10
Sea spray allows for the growth of subaerial microbialites at the driest desert on Earth
Scientific Reports|2024
1 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
King Wah Wong
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
2
Noora Alsaeed
University of Colorado Boulder
3
Yuchuang Tong
Chinese Academy of Sciences
4
Darcy Elburn
Freedom House
5
S. J. VanBommel
Washington University in St. Louis
6
S. W. Lee
University of Colorado Boulder
7
Galina Vassilieva
Institute of Biomedical Problems
8
Jeff Biesiadecki
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
9
Claudia Pacelli
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
10
Sarah L. Castro-Wallace
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Artemis: An Overview of NASA's Activities to Return Humans to the Moon
2022 IEEE Aerospace Conference (AERO)|2022
157 cit.
2
Adaptive Tracking Control of Robotic Manipulators With Unknown Kinematics and Uncertain Dynamics
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering|2023
22 cit.
3
Alteration at the Base of the Siccar Point Unconformity and Further Evidence for an Alkaline Provenance at Gale Crater: Exploration of the Mount Sharp Group, Greenheugh Pediment Cap Rock Contact With APXS
Journal of Geophysical Research Planets|2022
21 cit.
4
Transport of Water Into the Polar Regions of Mars Through Scavenging by CO<sub>2</sub> Snowfall
Journal of Geophysical Research Planets|2022
20 cit.
5
Four-Criterion-Optimization-Based Coordination Motion Control of Dual-Arm Robots
IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems|2022
19 cit.
6
Elemental composition of manganese- and phosphorus-rich nodules in the Knockfarril Hill member, Gale crater, Mars
Icarus|2022
17 cit.
7
Constraining the chemical depth profile of a manganese-rich surface layer in Gale crater, Mars
Spectrochimica Acta Part B Atomic Spectroscopy|2022
11 cit.
8
Rare earth element assessment in Jezero crater using the Planetary Instrument for X-ray Lithochemistry on the Mars 2020 rover Perseverance: A case study of cerium
Icarus|2024
7 cit.
9
Genome Sequences of Bacteria Isolated from the International Space Station Water Systems
Microbiology Resource Announcements|2023
6 cit.
10
Ssdev-Ecat: A Configurable Motion Control Server for Mars 2020 Hardware Testbeds
2022 IEEE Aerospace Conference (AERO)|2022
4 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
J. W. Head
John Brown University
2
P. R. Christensen
Arizona State University
3
A. S. Yen
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
4
John E. Moores
University of Arizona
5
C. M. Weitz
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
6
Dava Newman
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
7
B. M. Jakosky
University of Colorado Boulder
8
W. V. Boynton
Planetary Science Institute
9
M. T. Zuber
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
10
P. R. Mahaffy
Goddard Space Flight Center

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Kinetics and Kinematics for Translational Motions in Microgravity During Parabolic Flight
Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine|2009
5.3k cit.
2
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE)
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres|2007
1.7k cit.
3
Geochemistry of the rare earth elements : meteorite studies
Medical Entomology and Zoology|1984
1.1k cit.
4
Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer experiment: Investigation description and surface science results
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres|2001
1k cit.
5
Chicxulub Crater: A possible Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary impact crater on the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico
Geology|1991
950 cit.
6
The Crust of the Moon as Seen by GRAIL
Science|2012
949 cit.
7
The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) for the Mars 2001 Odyssey Mission
Space Science Reviews|2004
926 cit.
8
Distribution of Hydrogen in the Near Surface of Mars: Evidence for Subsurface Ice Deposits
Science|2002
918 cit.
9
A Habitable Fluvio-Lacustrine Environment at Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars
Science|2013
894 cit.
10
The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) Mission
Space Science Reviews|2015
813 cit.

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