Publications & Data Archives

El Awag, M., Genova, A., Orosei, R., Bernardini, F., Frigeri, A., Rossi, C., Lauro, S.E., Pettinelli, E. and Altieri, F., 2026. Lunar Radar Sounding for Ice Deposits and Subsurface Void Detection: Preliminary System Design and Performance Analysis. Remote Sensing, 18(11), p.1776. DOI: 10.3390/rs18111776.

El Awag, M., Cavalieri, L., Andolfo, S., Buonomo, F.V. and Genova, A., 2026, March. AI-enhanced vision-based hazard detection operations in lunar landing scenario. In 2026 IEEE Aerospace Conference (pp. 1-15). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/AERO66936.2026.11519983.

Buonomo, F.V., Andolfo, S. and Genova, A., 2026. Principled Uncertainty Propagation for Stereo Visual Odometry. Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, 112(2), p.57. DOI: 10.1007/s10846-026-02358-0.

Steinbrügge, G., Park, R.S., Roberts, J.H., Bland, M., Brooks, S., Castillo-Rogez, J., Cascioli, G., Genova, A., Greathouse, T., Hussmann, H. and Kirk, R., 2026. Geodetic investigations of the Europa Clipper Mission. Space Science Reviews, 222(1), p.17. DOI: 10.1007/s11214-025-01250-x.

Torrini, T., Genova, A., Andolfo, S., Gargiulo, A.M., Federici, P., Teodori, R. and Ciambellini, M., 2026. Real-time onboard orbit propagator for planetary missions. Astrodynamics, 10(1), pp.25-51. DOI: 10.1007/s42064-025-0264-6.

Cavalieri, L., Buonomo, F.V., Andolfo, S., El Awag, M., Teodori, R. and Genova, A., 2026. A Physically Accurate Simulation Framework for Training and Validation of AI-Based Algorithms for Space Exploration. In AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum (p. 2041). DOI: 10.2514/6.2026-2041.

Petricca, F., Vance, S.D., Parisi, M., Buccino, D., Cascioli, G., Castillo-Rogez, J., Downey, B.G., Nimmo, F., Tobie, G., Journaux, B. and Magnanini, A., Jones, U., Panning, M., Bagheri, A., Genova, A. and Lunine, J.I. 2025. Titan’s strong tidal dissipation precludes a subsurface ocean. Nature, 648(8094), pp.556-561. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09818-x.

Cascioli, G., Mazarico, E., Petricca, F., Magnanini, A., Buccino, D.R., Ciambellini, M., Genova, A., Gomez Casajus, L., Zannoni, M. and Tortora, P., 2025. The Effect of the Io Plasma Torus on Precise Orbit Determination and Gravity Recovery: Application to Europa Clipper. The Planetary Science Journal, 6(5), p.129. DOI: 10.3847/PSJ/add012.

Petricca, F., Castillo-Rogez, J.C., Genova, A., Melwani Daswani, M., Styczinski, M.J., Cochrane, C.J. and Vance, S.D., 2025. Partial differentiation of Europa and implications for the origin of materials in the Jupiter system. Nature Astronomy, 9(4), pp.501-511. DOI: 10.1038/s41550-024-02469-4.

Broquet, A., Plesa, A.C., Klemann, V., Root, B.C., Genova, A., Wieczorek, M.A., Knapmeyer, M., Andrews-Hanna, J.C. and Breuer, D., 2025. Glacial isostatic adjustment reveals Mars’s interior viscosity structure. Nature, 639(8053), pp.109-113. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-08565-9.

Gargiulo, A.M., Bhaskaran, S., Bradley, N., Vaughan, A.T., Lubey, D.P., Mages, D.M., Andolfo, S., Torrini, T. and Genova, A., 2025. Direction of motion-based optical navigation using deep learning: methods and results from Dawn at Vesta. In Proceedings of the 2025 AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference.

Andolfo, S., El Awag, M., Buonomo, F.V., Gargiulo, A.M., Cavalieri, L. and Genova, A., 2025. An AI-assisted Vision-based Navigation Approach for Pinpoint Lunar Landing: Development, Validation and Testing. In Proceedings of the 2025 AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference.

Andolfo, S., Genova, A., Buonomo, F. V., Gargiulo, A. M., El Awag, M., Federici, P., Teodori, T., La Grassa, R., Re, C., and Cremonese, G. (2025). Neural Network-Aided Optical Navigation for Precise Lunar Descent Operations. Aerospace, 12(3), 195. DOI: 10.3390/aerospace12030195

Federici, P., Genova, A., Andolfo, S., Ciambellini, M., Teodori, R. and Torrini, T. (2025). Optical Camera Characterization for Feature-Based Navigation in Lunar Orbit. Aerospace, 12(5), 374. DOI: 10.3390/aerospace12050374 

Torrini, T., Genova, A., Andolfo, S., Gargiulo, A. M., Rosenblatt, P., Marty, J.-C., Dumoulin, C., Lebonnois, S. and Cottini, V. (2025), EnVision Radio Science and Altimetric Data Processing for Orbit Determination. In 2025 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, USA, 2025, DOI: 10.1109/AERO63441.2025.11068487 

Andolfo, S., Genova, A., El Awag, M., Buonomo, F. V., Federici, P., and Teodori, R. (2025). A Crater-based Optical Navigation Approach for Precise Spacecraft Localization. In 2025 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, USA, 2025, DOI: 10.1109/AERO63441.2025.11068689

Van Hoolst, T., Tobie, G., Vallat, C., Altobelli, N., Bruzzone, L., Cao, H., Dirkx, D., Genova, A., Hussmann, H., Iess, L. and Kimura, J. (2024). Geophysical characterization of the interiors of Ganymede, Callisto and Europa by ESA’s JUpiter ICy moons Explorer. Space Science Reviews, 220(5), p.54, DOI: 10.1007/s11214-024-01085-y

Del Vecchio, E., Gargiulo, A.M., Petricca, F., Genova, A., Andolfo, S., Cappuccio, C., De Filippis, U., Lefevre, C., Lucente, M., Magnafico, C., Santoli, F., Iess, L., Benedetto, C. and Benkhoff, J. (2024). First Analysis of BepiColombo Radio Science and Accelerometer Data Acquired During Venus and Mercury Flybys, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 60(4), pp. 5604-5612. DOI: 10.1109/TAES.2024.3381582 

Genova, A., Petricca, F., Andolfo, S., Gargiulo, A.M., Sulcanese, D., Mitri, G. and Chiarolanza, G. (2024). Water ice concentration and distribution in the Martian south polar layered deposits constrained by the lateral variations of their bulk density, Icarus, 414, p. 116025. DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116025

Andolfo, S., Genova, A., Federici, P., Teodori, R. and Cottini, V. (2024). Precise orbit determination through a joint analysis of optical and radiometric data. In 2024 International Conference on Space Robotics (iSpaRo) (pp. 28-35). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/iSpaRo60631.2024.10687705

Genova, A., Andolfo, S., Ciambellini, M., Federici, P., Teodori, R., Torrini, T., Zavoli, A., Del Vecchio, E., Gargiulo, A.M., Petricca, F. and De Matteis, G. (2024). Sensor data fusion for precise orbit determination of interplanetary spacecraft. In 2024 International Conference on Space Robotics (iSpaRo), pp. 22-27. IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/iSpaRo60631.2024.10688208

Genova, A., Parisi, M., Gargiulo, A.M., Petricca, F., Andolfo, S., Torrini, T., Del Vecchio, E., Glein, C.R., Cable, M.L., Phillips, C.B., Bradley, N.E., Restrepo, R.L., Mages, D.M., Babuscia, A. and Lunine, J.I. (2024). Gravity Investigation to Characterize Enceladus's Ocean and Interior, The Planetary Science Journal, 5(40). DOI: 10.3847/PSJ/ad16df

Andolfo, S., Genova, A., and Del Vecchio, E. (2024). Precise orbit determination of the MESSENGER spacecraft, Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, 47(3), pp. 518-530. DOI: 10.2514/1.G007690

Gargiulo, A.M., Genova, A., Petricca, F., Del Vecchio, E., Andolfo, S., Torrini, T., Rosenblatt, P., Lebonnois, S., Marty, J.-C. and Dumoulin, C. (2024). Joint determination of Venus gravity and atmospheric density through EnVision radio science investigation, Acta Astronautica, 215, pp. 725-738. DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.12.010.

Petricca, F., Genova, A., Castillo‐Rogez, J.C., Styczinski, M.J., Cochrane, C.J. and Vance, S.D. (2023). Characterization of icy moon hydrospheres through joint inversion of gravity and magnetic field measurements, Geophysical Research Letters, 50(17), p. e2023GL104016. DOI: 10.1029/2023GL104016

Roberts, J.H., McKinnon, W.B., Elder, C.M., Tobie, G., Biersteker, J.B., Young, D., Park, R.S., Steinbrügge, G., Nimmo, F., Howell, S.M., Castillo-Rogez, J.C., et al. (2023). Exploring the Interior of Europa with the Europa Clipper, Space Science Reviews, 219(6), p. 46.

Buccino, D.R., Oudrhiri, K., Parisi, M., Park, R.S., Mazarico, E., Tortora, P., Withers, P., Genova, A. and Zannoni, M. (2023). Precision of Spacecraft Doppler Tracking at Low Signal‐To‐Noise Ratios, Radio Science, 58(7), p. e2023RS007703. DOI: 10.1029/2023RS007703

Mazarico, E., Buccino, D., Castillo-Rogez, J., Dombard, A.J., Genova, A., Hussmann, H., Kiefer, W.S., Lunine, J.I., McKinnon, W.B., Nimmo, F. and Park, R.S. (2023). The Europa Clipper Gravity and Radio Science Investigation, Space Science Reviews, 219(4), p. 30. DOI: 10.1007/s11214-023-00972-0

Andolfo, S., Petricca, F. and Genova, A. (2023). Precise pose estimation of the NASA Mars 2020 Perseverance rover through a stereo‐vision‐based approach, Journal of Field Robotics, 40(3), pp. 684-700. DOI: 10.1002/rob.22138

Sulcanese, D., Mitri, G., Genova, A., Petricca, F., Andolfo, S. and Chiarolanza, G. (2023). Topographical analysis of a candidate subglacial water region in Ultimi Scopuli, Mars, Icarus, 392, p. 115394. DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115394

Grande, M., Guo, L., Blanc, M., Makaya, A., Asmar, S., Atkinson, D., Bourdon, A., Chabert, P., Chien, S., Day, J. and Fairen, A.G., Freeman, A., Genova, A., et al. (2023). Planetary Exploration Horizon 2061 Report Chapter 5: Enabling technologies for planetary exploration. arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.14832.

Genova, A., Goossens, S., Del Vecchio, E., Petricca, F., Beuthe, M., Wieczorek, M., Chiarolanza, G., di Achille, G., Mitri, G., Di Stefano, I. and Charlier, B. (2023). Regional variations of Mercury's crustal density and porosity from MESSENGER gravity data, Icarus, 391, p. 115332. DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115332.

Petricca, F. and Genova, A. (2022). Sequential Processing of Inter-Satellite Doppler Tracking for a Dual-Spacecraft Configuration. Remote sensing, 14(21), p.5383, DOI:10.3390/rs14215383.

Petricca, F., Genova, A., Goossens, S., Iess, L. and Spada, G. (2022). Constraining the Internal Structures of Venus and Mars from the Gravity Response to Atmospheric Loading, The Planetary Science Journal, 3(7), p. 164. DOI: 10.3847/PSJ/ac7878

Goossens, S., Genova, A., James, P.B. and Mazarico, E., 2022. Estimation of Crust and Lithospheric Properties for Mercury from High-resolution Gravity and Topography. The Planetary Science Journal, 3(6), p.145. DOI: 10.3847/PSJ/ac703f

Genova, A., Smith, D.E., Canup, R., Hurford, T., Goossens, S., Mazarico, E., Neumann, G.A., Zuber, M.T., Nimmo, F., Wieczorek, M. and Bierhaus, E. (2022). Geodetic investigations of the mission concept MAGIC to reveal Callisto's internal structure, Acta Astronautica, 195, pp. 68-76. DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2022.02.013

Goossens, S., Renaud, J.P., Henning, W.G., Mazarico, E., Bertone, S. and Genova, A., 2022. Evaluation of recent measurements of Mercury’s moments of inertia and tides using a comprehensive Markov chain Monte Carlo method. The Planetary Science Journal, 3(2), p.37, DOI:10.3847/PSJ/ac4bb8.

Del Vecchio, E., Petricca, F. and Genova, A., 2022. Processing of Altimetric Data for Precise Orbit Determination. In Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC.

Andolfo, S., Del Vecchio, E., Gargiulo, A.M., Petricca, F. and Genova, A. (2022). Semi-autonomous Guidance, Navigation and Control system for planetary rovers. In Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC.

Tomasicchio, G., Gargiulo, A.M., Genova, A., Marsella, M., Andolfo, S., Del Vecchio, E., Petricca, F., Rodriguez, F. and Albanese, C. (2022). Lunar Surface exploration based on LCNS orbiters and Onboard Sensor observables. In Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC.

Andolfo, S., Petricca, F., and Genova, A. (2022) Visual Odometry analysis of the NASA Mars 2020 Perseverance rover’s images. In 2022 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for AeroSpace, MetroAeroSpace, pp. 287-292, DOI: 10.1109/MetroAeroSpace54187.2022.9856188.

Andolfo, S., Petricca, F. and Genova, A. (2021). Rovers localization by using 3D-to-3D and 3D-to-2D visual odometry, In 2021 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for AeroSpace, MetroAeroSpace. DOI: 10.1109/MetroAeroSpace51421.2021.9511741

Gargiulo, A.M., Di Stefano, I. and Genova, A. (2021). Numerical simulations for planetary rovers safe navigation and LIDAR based localization, 2021 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for AeroSpace, MetroAeroSpace 2021 - Proceedings, art. no. 9511774, pp. 418-423. DOI: 10.1109/MetroAeroSpace51421.2021.9511774

Gargiulo, A.M., Di Stefano, I. and Genova, A. (2021). Model-based slippage estimation to enhance planetary rover localization with wheel odometry, Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 11(12), art. no. 5490. DOI: 10.3390/app11125490

Rosenblatt, P., Dumoulin, C., Marty, J.-C. and Genova, A. (2021). Determination of Venus’ interior structure with EnVision, Remote Sensing, 13(9), art. no. 1624. DOI: 10.3390/rs13091624

Petricca, F., Cascioli, G. and Genova, A. (2021). A Technique for the Analysis of Radio Occultation Data to Retrieve Atmospheric Properties and Associated Uncertainties, Radio Science, 56(5), art. no. e2020RS007205. DOI: 10.1029/2020RS007205

Genova, A., Hussmann, H., Van Hoolst, T., Heyner, D., Iess, L., Santoli, F., Thomas, N., Cappuccio, P., di Stefano, I., Kolhey, P., Langlais, B., Mieth, J.Z.D., Oliveira, J.S., Stark, A., Steinbrügge, G., Tosi, N., Wicht, J. and Benkhoff, J. (2021). Geodesy, Geophysics and Fundamental Physics Investigations of the BepiColombo Mission, Space Science Reviews, 217(2), art. no. 31. DOI: 10.1007/s11214-021-00808-9

Iess, L., Asmar, S.W., Cappuccio, P., Cascioli, G., De Marchi, F., di Stefano, I., Genova, A., et al. (2021). Gravity, Geodesy and Fundamental Physics with BepiColombo’s MORE Investigation, Space Science Reviews, 217(1), art. no. 21. DOI: 10.1007/s11214-021-00800-3

Petricca, F. and Genova, A. (2021). ORACLE: a Dual-SmallSat Mission to Investigate the Martian Climate, In Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC, B4. 

Genova, A., Smith, D.E., Canup, R., Hurford, T., Zuber, M.T., Nimmo, F., Wieczorek, M., Bierhaus, E., Mazarico, E. and Goossens, S. (2021). MAGIC: A Geophysical Mission to the Galilean Moon Callisto, Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC, A3. 

Genova, A. and Petricca, F. (2021). Deep-space navigation with intersatellite radio tracking, Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 44(5), pp. 1068-1079. DOI: 10.2514/1.G005610

Cascioli, G. and Genova, A. (2021). Precise orbit determination technique to refine spacecraft mechanical modeling, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 58(2), pp. 581-588. DOI: 10.2514/1.A34922

Cappuccio, P., Notaro, V., Di Ruscio, A., Iess, L., Genova, A., Durante, D., Di Stefano, I., Asmar, S.W., Ciarcia, S. and Simone, L. (2020). Report on first inflight data of BepiColombo’s Mercury orbiter radio science experiment, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 56(6), art. no. 3008577, pp. 4984-4988. DOI: 10.1109/TAES.2020.3008577

Cascioli, G., Petricca, F. and Genova, A. (2020). Mars’ atmospheric calibration of radio tracking data for precise orbit determination, Acta Astronautica, 177, pp. 103-110. DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2020.07.019

Blanc, M., Prieto-Ballesteros, O., André, N., Gomez-Elvira, J., Jones, G., Sterken, V., Desprats, W., Gurvits, L.I., Khurana, K., Balmino, G., Blöcker, A., Broquet, R., Bunce, E., Cavel, C., Choblet, G., Colins, G., Coradini, M., Cooper, J., Dirkx, D., Fontaine, D., Garnier, P., Gaudin, D., Hartogh, P., Hussmann, H., Genova, A., et al. (2020). Joint Europa Mission (JEM): a multi-scale study of Europa to characterize its habitability and search for extant life, Planetary and Space Science, 193, art. no. 104960. DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2020.104960

Genova, A. (2020). ORACLE: A mission concept to study Mars’ climate, surface and interior, Acta Astronautica, 166, pp. 317-329. DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2019.10.006 

Ruesch, O., Genova, A., Neumann, W., Quick, L.C., Castillo-Rogez, J.C., Raymond, C.A., Russell, C.T. and Zuber, M.T. (2019). Slurry extrusion on Ceres from a convective mud-bearing mantle, Nature Geoscience, 12(7), pp. 505-509. DOI: 10.1038/s41561-019-0378-7

Cascioli, G., De Marchi, F., Genova, A., Iess, L., Smith, D.E. and Zuber, M.T. (2019). The contribution of a large baseline intersatellite link to relativistic metrology, 2019 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for AeroSpace, MetroAeroSpace 2019 - Proceedings, art. no. 8869641, pp. 579-583. DOI: 10.1109/MetroAeroSpace.2019.8869641

Genova, A., Goossens, S., Mazarico, E., Lemoine, F.G., Neumann, G.A., Kuang, W., Sabaka, T.J., Hauck, S.A., II, Smith, D.E., Solomon, S.C. and Zuber, M.T. (2019). Geodetic Evidence That Mercury Has A Solid Inner Core, Geophysical Research Letters, 46(7), pp. 3625-3633. DOI: 10.1029/2018GL081135

Genova, A., Mazarico, E., Goossens, S., Lemoine, F.G., Neumann, G.A., Smith, D.E. and Zuber, M.T. (2018). Solar system expansion and strong equivalence principle as seen by the NASA MESSENGER mission, Nature Communications, 9(1), art. no. 289. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02558-1

Smith, D.E., Zuber, M.T., Mazarico, E., Genova, A., Neumann, G.A., Sun, X., Torrence, M.H. and Mao, D.-D. (2018). Trilogy, a planetary geodesy mission concept for measuring the expansion of the solar system, Planetary and Space Science, 153, pp. 127-133. DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2018.02.003

Goossens, S., Sabaka, T.J., Genova, A., Mazarico, E., Nicholas, J.B. and Neumann, G.A. (2017). Evidence for a low bulk crustal density for Mars from gravity and topography, Geophysical Research Letters, 44(15), pp. 7686-7694. DOI: 10.1002/2017GL074172

Genova, A., Goossens, S., Lemoine, F.G., Mazarico, E., Neumann, G.A., Smith, D.E. and Zuber, M.T. (2016). Seasonal and static gravity field of Mars from MGS, Mars Odyssey and MRO radio science, Icarus, 272, pp. 228-245. DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2016.02.050

Mazarico, E., Genova, A., Neumann, G.A., Smith, D.E. and Zuber, M.T. (2015). Simulated recovery of Europa's global shape and tidal Love numbers from altimetry and radio tracking during a dedicated flyby tour, Geophysical Research Letters, 42(9), pp. 3166-3173. DOI: 10.1002/2015GL063224

Genova, A., Goossens, S., Lemoine, F.G., Mazarico, E., Fricke, S.K., Smith, D.E. and Zuber, M.T. (2015). Long-term variability of CO2 and O in the Mars upper atmosphere from MRO radio science data, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 120(5), pp. 849-868. DOI: 10.1002/2014JE004770

Mitri, G., Meriggiola, R., Hayes, A., Lefevre, A., Tobie, G., Genova, A., Lunine, J.I. and Zebker, H. (2014). Shape, topography, gravity anomalies and tidal deformation of Titan, Icarus, 236, pp. 169-177. DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.03.018

Mazarico, E., Genova, A., Goossens, S., Lemoine, F.G., Neumann, G.A., Zuber, M.T., Smith, D.E. and Solomon, S.C. (2014). The gravity field, orientation, and ephemeris of Mercury from MESSENGER observations after three years in orbit, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 119(12), pp. 2417-2436. DOI: 10.1002/2014JE004675

Genova, A., Iess, L. and Marabucci, M. (2013). Mercury's gravity field from the first six months of MESSENGER data, Planetary and Space Science, 81, pp. 55-64. DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2013.02.006

Genova, A., Marabucci, M. and Iess, L. (2012). A batch-sequential filter for the BepiColombo radio science experiment, Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Sciences and Applications, 4(4), pp. 17-30. DOI: 10.7446/jaesa.0404.02  

Genova, A., Marabucci, M. and Iess, L. (2012). Mercury radio science experiment of the mission BepiColombo, Memorie della Società Astronomica Italiana - Journal of the Italian Astronomical Society, 20, pp. 127-131.

Marabucci, M., Iess, L. and Genova, A. (2010). Numerical simulations of the Radio Science Experiment of the Mission BepiColombo to Mercury, Advances in the Astronautical Sciences, 136, pp. 1373-1383.