Successful Kinetic Impact into an Asteroid for Planetary Defense

Autor: R. Terik Daly, Carolyn M. Ernst, Olivier S. Barnouin, Nancy L. Chabot, Andrew S. Rivkin, Andrew F. Cheng, Elena Y. Adams, Harrison F. Agrusa, Elisabeth D. Abel, Amy L. Alford, Erik I. Asphaug, Justin A. Atchison, Andrew R. Badger, Paul Baki, Ronald-L. Ballouz, Dmitriy L. Bekker, Julie Bellerose, Shyam Bhaskaran, Bonnie J. Buratti, Saverio Cambioni, Michelle H. Chen, Steven R. Chesley, George Chiu, Gareth S. Collins, Matthew W. Cox, Mallory E. DeCoster, Peter S. Ericksen, Raymond C. Espiritu, Alan S. Faber, Tony L. Farnham, Fabio Ferrari, Zachary J. Fletcher, Robert W. Gaskell, Dawn M. Graninger, Musad A. Haque, Patricia A. Harrington-Duff, Sarah Hefter, Isabel Herreros, Masatoshi Hirabayashi, Philip M. Huang, Syau-Yun W. Hsieh, Seth A. Jacobson, Stephen N. Jenkins, Mark A. Jensenius, Jeremy W. John, Martin Jutzi, Tomas Kohout, Timothy O. Krueger, Frank E. Laipert, Norberto R. Lopez, Robert Luther, Alice Lucchetti, Declan M. Mages, Simone Marchi, Anna C. Martin, Maria E. McQuaide, Patrick Michel, Nicholas A. Moskovitz, Ian W. Murphy, Naomi Murdoch, Shantanu P. Naidu, Hari Nair, Michael C. Nolan, Jens Ormö, Maurizio Pajola, Eric E. Palmer, James M. Peachey, Petr Pravec, Sabina D. Raducan, K. T. Ramesh, Joshua R. Ramirez, Edward L. Reynolds, Joshua E. Richman, Colas Q. Robin, Luis M. Rodriguez, Lew M. Roufberg, Brian P. Rush, Carolyn A. Sawyer, Daniel J. Scheeres, Petr Scheirich, Stephen R. Schwartz, Matthew P. Shannon, Brett N. Shapiro, Caitlin E. Shearer, Evan J. Smith, R. Joshua Steele, Jordan K. Steckloff, Angela M. Stickle, Jessica M. Sunshine, Emil A. Superfin, Zahi B. Tarzi, Cristina A. Thomas, Justin R. Thomas, Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez, B. Teresa Tropf, Andrew T. Vaughan, Dianna Velez, C. Dany Waller, Daniel S. Wilson, Kristin A. Wortman, Yun Zhang

Publikováno v: Nature
Nature, 2023, 616, pp.443-447. ⟨10.1038/s41586-023-05810-5⟩

While no known asteroid poses a threat to Earth for at least the next century, the catalog of near-Earth asteroids is incomplete for objects whose impacts would produce regional devastation. Several approaches have been proposed to potentially preven

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Io Volcano Observer (IVO): Budget travel to the outer Solar System

Autor: Elizabeth P. Turtle, Elena Adams, Kenneth Hibbard, Alfred S. McEwen, Edward L. Reynolds

Publikováno v: Acta Astronautica. 93:539-544

The IVO mission would make multiple close encounters with Io while orbiting Jupiter in an inclined elliptical orbit. The payload includes narrow-angle and wide-angle cameras (NAC and WAC), dual fluxgate magnetometers (FGM), a thermal mapper (ThM), du

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2012.05.028

Selected configuration tradeoffs of contour optical instruments

Autor: J. Warren, C. Kardian, John D. Boldt, Thomas S. Spisz, Noam R. Izenberg, Keith Peacock, J. Lees, D. A. Lohr, James F. Bell, T. Sholar, Edward L. Reynolds, John Hayes, Anita L. Cochran, Gene A. Heyler, E. H. Darlington, J. Veverka, D. Fort, Scott L. Murchie, Edward D. Schaefer, C. Willey, K. Strohbehn, R. M. Henshaw, Douglas S. Mehoke

Publikováno v: Acta Astronautica. 52:111-116

The Comet Nucleus Tour (CONTOUR) is a low-cost NASA Discovery mission designed to conduct three close flybys of comet nuclei. Selected configuration tradeoffs conducted to balance science requirements with low mission cost are reviewed. The tradeoffs

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https://doi.org/10.1016/s0094-5765(02)00145-5

Io Volcano Observer's (IVO) integrated approach to optimizing system design for radiation challenges

Autor: Alfred S. McEwen, Elena Adams, Peter Wurz, Gabe Rogers, Nicolas Thomas, David R. Roth, Kenneth Hibbard, P. R. Christensen, James V. McAdams, Edward L. Reynolds, James Janesick, Brian J. Anderson, Martin Wieser, Elizabeth P. Turtle, Chris Paranicas

Publikováno v: 2012 IEEE Aerospace Conference.

One of the major challenges for a mission to the Jovian system is the radiation tolerance of the spacecraft (S/C) and the payload. Moreover, being able to achieve science observations with high signal to noise ratios (SNR), while passing through the

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https://doi.org/10.1109/aero.2012.6187177

Utilizing a Russian Space Nuclear Reactor for a United States Space Mission: Flight Qualification Issues

Autor: Gary F. Polansky, Glen L. Schmidt, Edward L. Reynolds, Edward D. Schaefer, Boris Ogloblin, Anatoly Bocharov, Mohamed S. El-Genk, Mark D. Hoover

Publikováno v: AIP Conference Proceedings.

Space nuclear power and nuclear electric propulsion are considered important technologies for planetary exploration, as well as selected earth orbit applications. The Nuclear Electric Propulsion Space Test Program (NEPSTP) could provide an early flig

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https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2950121