Data handling and evaluation for autonomous experiments in interplanetary missions

The thesis discusses the data handling and the scientific results of the cosmic dust experiment Mars Dust Counter on the Japanese mission NOZOMI. It was defended at the Fakultنt für Maschinenwesen, Lehrstuhl für Raumfahrttechnik, Technische Universitنt München, 85748 Garching, Germany, on July 31, 2007 under supervision of Prof. Eduard Igenbergs. The thesis is written in English and can be found at http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:91-diss-20070808-625799-1-1.