| The moon: Resources, future development and settlement D Schrunk, B Sharpe, BL Cooper, M Thangavelu Springer Science & Business Media, 2007 | 196 | 2007 |
| Contour crafting simulation plan for lunar settlement infrastructure buildup B Khoshnevis, A Carlson, N Leach, M Thangavelu Earth and Space 2012: Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in …, 2012 | 66 | 2012 |
| Robotic construction by contour crafting: The case of lunar construction N Leach, A Carlson, B Khoshnevis, M Thangavelu International Journal of Architectural Computing 10 (3), 423-438, 2012 | 63 | 2012 |
| 3D printing of food for space missions ML Terfansky, M Thangavelu AIAA SPACE 2013 Conference and Exposition, 5346, 2013 | 50 | 2013 |
| Advances in contour crafting technology for extraterrestrial settlement infrastructure buildup B Khoshnevis, M Thangavelu, X Yuan, J Zhang AIAA SPACE 2013 Conference And Exposition, 5438, 2013 | 43 | 2013 |
| Evolutionary space transportation plan for Mars cycling concepts B Aldrin, D Byrnes, R Jones, H Davis, M Thangavelu AIAA, 2001 | 30 | 2001 |
| ISRU-based robotic construction technologies for lunar and martian infrastructures B Khoshnevis, A Carlson, M Thangavelu | 29 | 2017 |
| Planetary lego: Designing a construction block from a regolith derived feedstock for in situ robotic manufacturing R Romo, C Andersen, K Defore, K Zacny, M Thangavelu, T Lippitt 16th Biennial International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction …, 2018 | 16 | 2018 |
| Living on the Moon M Thangavelu Encyclopedia of Aerospace Engineering, 2010 | 15 | 2010 |
| Planet moon: the future of astronaut activity and settlement M Thangavelu Architectural Design 84 (6), 20-29, 2014 | 13 | 2014 |
| The Moon: Resources, Future Development, and Settlement D Shrunk, B Sharpe, B Cooper, M Thangavelu Second. Praxis Publishing Ltd, 2008 | 12 | 2008 |
| Bio-regenerative life support system development for Lunar/Mars habitats G Giacomelli, R Furfaro, M Kacira, L Patterson, D Story, G Boscheri, ... 42nd International Conference on Environmental Systems, 3463, 2012 | 11 | 2012 |
| Preliminary Infrastructure Development for Altair Sortie Operations M Thangavelu, E Mekonnen AIAA SPACE 2009 Conference & Exposition, 6422, 2009 | 11 | 2009 |
| Architectural concepts employing co-robot strategy and contour crafting technologies for lunar settlement infrastructure development M Thangavelu, B Khoshnevis, A Carlson, N Leach AIAA SPACE 2012 Conference & Exposition, 5173, 2012 | 10 | 2012 |
| Planetary defence: a duty for world defenders J Burke, A Hussein, A Soni, M Thangavelu, N Schmidt, T Wilson American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, 14-18, 2015 | 9 | 2015 |
| MALEO: modular Assembly in low earth orbit: alternate Strategy for lunar base development M Thangavelu Journal of Aerospace Engineering 4 (3), 256-273, 1991 | 8 | 1991 |
| MPIT: Minimally processed ISRU technology structures for rapid extraterrestrial settlement infrastructure development M Thangavelu, P Adhikari AIAA SPACE and Astronautics Forum and Exposition, 5208, 2017 | 7 | 2017 |
| The international space university space studies program 2015 planetary defense project R Gourdon, A Hussein, A Soni, B Aliaj, C Manuel Entrena Utrilla, I Sisaid, ... 66th International Astronautical Congress, 1-14, 2015 | 7 | 2015 |
| QBOLT-Directed Energy System Concepts for Asteroid Threat Mitigation M Thangavelu, JM McVicker 4th IAA Planetary Defense Conference–PDC 2015, 13-17, 2015 | 7 | 2015 |
| Lunar Rock Structures, Return To The Moon II M Thangavelu Proceedings of the 2000 Lunar Development Conference, Las Vegas, NV. Edited …, 2000 | 7 | 2000 |
