We are thrilled to announce that our recent article, published in the IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, has been selected by IEEE Spectrum for their prestigious „Journal Watch“ series. This series highlights some of the most compelling research across a wide range of IEEE journals, reaching a global audience of professionals and enthusiasts alike.
Our article provides an overview of the FRS (Forefield Reconnaissance System), a vital component of TRIPLE. Being featured in IEEE Spectrum’s „Journal Watch“ series is a significant recognition of our work and showcases our progress to a broader audience in the scientific community.
You can read the featured article on IEEE Spectrum’s website here. Additionally, the original paper is available for reference here.
We extend our gratitude to IEEE Spectrum for this opportunity to share our research with the world. Stay tuned for more updates on our innovative project!

Our TRIPLE-IceCraft melting probe operators have arrived at Neumayer Station III on the Ekström Ice Shelf in Antarctica to continue testing the TRIPLE-IceCraft. Our four-person team consists of Dirk Heinen, Simon Zierke and Jan Audehm from RWTH Aachen University and Fabian Schöttler from GSI GmbH, Aachen. Following a 106-hour journey via Oslo, Cape Town, and the Norwegian Troll Station, we reached Neumayer Station III. Further details about our journey can already be accessed on Instagram and Twitter. We will continue to report on our tests and station life there. A new entry for the DLR blog is also in preparation.

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Mia Giang Do, RWTH Aachen University (miagiang.do@physik.rwth-aachen.de)
Clemens Espe, GSI GmbH (espe@gsi-systems.de)

„Between outer space and Ant­arc­tica: mini­ature ro­bots to carry out re­search be­low the ice“

https://www.marum.de/en/Discover/Between-outer-space-and-Antarctica-miniature-robots-to-carry-out-research-below-the-ice.html

The synergy meeting of the DLR Explorer Initiatives will take place at the DLR Cologne-Porz site from November 22nd to 24th, 2023. The EnEx and VaMEx projects initiated by the German Space Agency as well as the TRIPLE and EurEx project lines will present their work. The aim is to identify and utilize synergies as well as coordinate constructive collaboration.

„The International Planetary Probe Workshop is an annual congregation of scientists, engineers, and technologists from around the world to working in disciplines supporting planetary probes for exploration.“

https://ippw2023.org/

At the 20th International Planetary Probe Workshop (IPPW) in Marseille, a presentation was submitted to share the latest test results of the TRIPLE-IceCraft melting probe conducted in the Ekström Ice Shelf in Antarctica.

For the TRIPLE-FRS project, Niklas Haberberger gave a poster presentation to introduce the subsystems, along with the integrated FRS system showcased inside a demonstrator.

From March 26 to April 13, 2023, the final demonstration of TRIPLE-FRS took place on the Aletsch Glacier in Switzerland. During the field test, the FRS system, which included sonar, radar, and permittivity components, was integrated into a melting probe. Both the melting performance and individual system tests were conducted

During the spring meeting 2023 of the DPG (German Physical Society) in Dresden, Mia Giang Do gave a presentation focusing on the TRIPLE-IceCraft melting probe and the TRIPLE-FRS system as part of an invited prize talk.

From January to March 2023, the demonstration of the TRIPLE-IceCraft melting probe took place on the Ekström Ice Shelf, near Neumayer-Station III. The field test was conducted by a team from the Physics Institute III B (RWTH Aachen University) and the GSI GmbH (Aachen).

More information to the expedition in the DLR Blog.

The OCEANS Conference 2022 Hampton Roads conference for global maritime professionals to learn, innovate and lead in the protection and utilization of the world’s largest natural resource – our Oceans.

https://hamptonroads22.oceansconference.org/

The exploration of ocean worlds in the outer solar system has significantly expanded our set of targets in the quest to discover signs of life beyond Earth in the past decade and will continue to be in the ones to come. We invite contributions that cover a wide range of topics focusing on confirmed or potential subsurface (including surficial in the case of Titan’s lakes) ocean worlds of our solar system. The topics can include studies on the geomorphology and composition of ocean worlds, geophysics and ocean properties, as well as laboratory investigations and field work of analogue environments. Furthermore, studies that examine interactions between planetary interiors, surfaces, atmospheres, and astrobiology/habitability are welcomed.

https://www.cospar-assembly.org/admin/sessioninfo.php?session=1018

AbSciCon, the conference brings the astrobiology community together every two years to share research, collaborate, and plan for the future. Join NASA and the American Geophysical Union as we facilitate a robust gathering of scientists in Atlanta and in an online capacity 15 – 20 May 2022.

https://www.agu.org/abscicon

The German Geophysical Society (Deutsche Geophysikalische Gesellchaft, DGG) held it’s annual conference from March 1st to 5th, 2021. It was a fully virtual meeting due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During one of the poster sessions, a team of several scientists from TRIPLE-FRS and EnEx-WISE presented on the TRIPLE concept and focused on the geophysically most relevant aspects of the project. The attendees showed quite some interest and the discussion can still continue since the conference platform will be available online until the next annual meeting.

Following the conference, the poster was published on the publication server of FID GEO:
Boxberg, Marc S.; Audehm, Jan; Becker, Fabian; Boledi, Leonardo; Burgmann, Ben; Chen, Qian; Friend, Pia; Haberberger, Niklas; Heinen, Dirk; Nghe, Chi Than; Simson, Anna; Stelzig, Michael; Kowalski, Julia, 2021: TRIPLE – Ice Data Hub, Model-based Mission Support and Forefield Reconnaissance System. DOI 10.23689/fidgeo-3968.

Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress August 31- September 2, 2021, Bremen, Germany https://dlrk2021.dglr.de

Link to program topics

IEEE/MTS OCEANS 2021 September 20-23, Town&County San Diego, USA

Link to program topics

https://global21.oceansconference.org/program/technical-program-topics/

IPPW 2021