Publications

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Journal Articles

  1. Takubo, Y., Campagnola, S., Pellegrini, E., and Anderson B., “Preliminary Contingency Trajectory Design for Multi-Moon Tours: Application to Europa Clipper,” Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics (accepted).
  2. Takubo, Y., Dwivedi, A., Ramkumar, S., Pabon., L. A., Gammelli, D., Pavone, M., and D’Amico, S., “Language-Conditioned Safe Trajectory Generation for Spacecraft Rendezvous,” Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 2026.
  3. Takubo, Y., Manuel, W., Foss, E., and D’Amico S. “Safe and Optimal N-Spacecraft Swarm Reconfiguration in Non-Keplerian Cislunar Orbits,” Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 49(2), pp.305-324.2026.
  4. Takubo, Y., Landau, D., and Anderson. B., “Automated Tour Design in the Saturnian System,” Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, Vol. 136, article 8, 2024.
  5. Takubo, Y., and Kanazaki, M., “Robust Constrained Multi-objective Optimal Guidance of Supersonic Transport Landing based on Evolutionary Algorithm and Polynomial Chaos ,” MDPI Aerospace, 10(11), pp.929, 2023.
  6. Woodall, B., Borowitz, M., Watkins, K., Costa, M., Howard, A., Kemerait, P., Lee, M., Rolls, G., Takubo, Y., Titshaw, R. and Winstead, M., “The megaregion–forms, functions, and potential? A literature review and proposal for advancing research,” International Journal of Urban Sciences, 28(1), 82–104, 2023.
  7. Isaji, M., Takubo, Y., and Ho, K., “Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Approach to Integrated Space Mission Planning and Spacecraft Design,” Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 59(5), pp. 1660-1670, 2022.
  8. Takubo, Y., Chen, H., and Ho, K., “Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning Framework for Stochastic Spaceflight Campaign Design,” Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 59(2), pp.421‑433, 2022.

Conference Papers

  1. Anantha, S., Francesch Huc, P., Takubo, Y., and D’Amico, S., “Gaussian Splatting Based Guidance Strategy for Shape Reconstruction of Unknown Space Objects,” 2026 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, July 26-30, 2026.
  2. Manuel, W., Takubo, Y., and D’Amico, S., “Transformer-Informed Trajectory Optimization for Relative Motion in Cislunar Orbits,” 2026 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, July 26-30, 2026.
  3. Takubo, Y., Adang, M., Schwager, M., and D’Amico, S., “Transformer-Based Warm-Starting for Feasible and Optimal Terminal Approach to Tumbling Objects with Space Manipulators,” arxiv: 2606.17317.
  4. Takubo, Y., and D’Amico, S., “Intent-aligned Autonomous Spacecraft Guidance via Reasoning Models,” IEEE Conf. on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition: Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Space, 2026. Best Poster Award
  5. E. Brosius, Y. Takubo, D. Gammelli, S. D’Amico, and M. Pavone, “Semantic Constraint Synthesis for Adaptive Trajectory Optimization via Large Language Models,” IEEE Conf. on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition: Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Space, 2026.
  6. Takubo, Y., Dwivedi, A., Ramkumar, S., Pabon., L. A., Gammelli, D., Pavone, M., and D’Amico, S., “Semantic Trajectory Generation for Goal-Oriented Spacecraft Rendezvous,” AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum. Best Paper Finalist (Intelligent Systems) [arXiv][website]
  7. Takubo, Y., Campagnola, S., Pellegrini, E., Anderson B. D., “Preliminary Contingency Trajectory Planning for Europa Clipper’s Galilean Moon Tour,” AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum.
  8. Takubo, Y., Gammelli, D., Pavone, M., and D’Amico, S., “Agile Tradespace Exploration for Space Rendezvous Mission Design via Transformers,” IEEE Aerospace Conference 2026.
  9. Foss, E., Takubo, Y., and D’Amico, S., “Long-Duration Station-Keeping Strategy for Cislunar Spacecraft Formations,” AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Boston, MA, Aug. 2025.
  10. Takubo, Y., Guffanti, T., Gammelli, D., Pavone, M., and D’Amico, S., “Towards Robust Spacecraft Trajectory Optimization via Transformers,” IEEE Aerospace Conference 2025, Mar. 2025.
  11. Takubo, Y., Manuel, W., and D’Amico S. “Passively-Safe Optimal Cislunar Relative Motion using Local Toroidal Coordinates,” 2025 AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Conference, Kaua’i, HI, Jan. 2025.
  12. Takubo, Y., and S. D’Amico., “Multiplicative Approach to Constrained Stochastic Attitude Control with Application to Rendezvous and Proximity Operations”, 2024 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Broomfield, CO, Aug. 2024.
  13. Takubo, Y., Shimane, Y., and Ho, K., “Optimization of Earth-Moon Low-Thrust-Enhanced Low-Energy Transfer,” 2023 AAS/AIAA Aerodynamics Specialist Conference, Big Sky, MT, Aug. 2023.
  14. Takubo, Y., Landau, D., and Brian, A. “Automated Tour Design in the Saturnian System,” 33rd AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Austin, TX, 2023. Breakwell Student Paper Award.
  15. Takubo, Y., and Kanazaki, M., “Robust Constrained Multi‑objective Evolutionary Algorithm based on Polynomial Chaos Expansion for Trajectory Optimization,” IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, IEEE WCCI 2022, Padua, Italy, Jul. 2022
  16. Takubo, Y., and Kanazaki, M., “Robust Multi‑objective Optimization of the Control Input of Trajectory Planning,” The 20th Symposium of the Japanese Society for Evolutionary Computation, Online, Sep. 2021. (Japanese: “経路設計のための制御入力の多目的ロバスト最適化,” 第20回日本進化計算学会研究会) 2022 Best Paper Award.
  17. Isaji, M., Takubo, Y., and Ho, K., “Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Approach to Integrated Space Mission Planning and Spacecraft Design,” AIAA ASCEND, Las Vegas, NV, Oct. 2021.
  18. Takubo, Y., Chen, H., and Ho, K., “Performance Analysis of Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning Framework for Stochastic Space Logistics,” AIAA ASCEND, Online, Oct. 2020.

Others

  1. D’Amico, S., Bogdanowitsch, T., Manuel, W., Takubo, Y., and Wang, R., “Space Safety And Sustainability, Part II: Recommendations,” Hoover Institution Press. 2026
  2. D’Amico, S., Manuel, W., Takubo, Y., “The Stanford Emerging Technology Review 2026. Chapter 10: Space,” Stanford University Public Report. 2026 (Expert Contribution)