Asteroid mining is expected to become reality in the near future. The first step is to redirect an asteroid to a stable Earth orbit so that mining technologies can be demonstrated. Detumbling of the asteroid is one of the important steps in asteroid redirection missions. In this thesis, a preliminary lander CubeSat design is suggested for a small asteroid detumbling mission. The candidate asteroid for the detumbling mission is chosen to be 2014 UR, an Arjunatype asteroid with an estimated diameter ranging from 10.6 to 21.2 m. Due to the small size of the asteroid, the landing must be performed with an active control method after which the spacecraft must be firmly anchored to the asteroid. By using the multi-criteria decision making method ...
Asteroid capture and retrieval is a problem of significant scientific and commercial interest. Howev...
In this thesis, an overall framework is established for the redirection of near-Earth asteroids usin...
In this paper, a practical approach to the trajectory design for asteroid exploration missions with ...
Asteroid mining is expected to become reality in the near future. The first step is to redirect an a...
According to many sources - such as television and science - the final frontier is space. And seemin...
In response to the current interest in CubeSats and potential applications for planetary exploration...
CubeSat technology has recently attracted great interest from the scientific community, industry and...
Fast development of CubeSat technology now enables the first interplanetary missions. The potential ...
The purpose of this work is to present a novel CubeSat architecture, aimed to explore Near Earth Ast...
Missions to small bodies have become increasingly attractive in recent years, firstly, due to their ...
This paper presents the overall design of a small reusable spacecraft capable of ying to an asteroid...
There is considerable interest in expanding the applicability of cubesat spacecraft into lightweight...
This work analyzes the use of microfabricated elec-trospray thrusters in a staged configuration duri...
An increasing number of interplanetary missions are aiming at visiting asteroids and other small bod...
As technology improves, increasingly higher resolution payload can be achieved using Cubesats for Ea...
Asteroid capture and retrieval is a problem of significant scientific and commercial interest. Howev...
In this thesis, an overall framework is established for the redirection of near-Earth asteroids usin...
In this paper, a practical approach to the trajectory design for asteroid exploration missions with ...
Asteroid mining is expected to become reality in the near future. The first step is to redirect an a...
According to many sources - such as television and science - the final frontier is space. And seemin...
In response to the current interest in CubeSats and potential applications for planetary exploration...
CubeSat technology has recently attracted great interest from the scientific community, industry and...
Fast development of CubeSat technology now enables the first interplanetary missions. The potential ...
The purpose of this work is to present a novel CubeSat architecture, aimed to explore Near Earth Ast...
Missions to small bodies have become increasingly attractive in recent years, firstly, due to their ...
This paper presents the overall design of a small reusable spacecraft capable of ying to an asteroid...
There is considerable interest in expanding the applicability of cubesat spacecraft into lightweight...
This work analyzes the use of microfabricated elec-trospray thrusters in a staged configuration duri...
An increasing number of interplanetary missions are aiming at visiting asteroids and other small bod...
As technology improves, increasingly higher resolution payload can be achieved using Cubesats for Ea...
Asteroid capture and retrieval is a problem of significant scientific and commercial interest. Howev...
In this thesis, an overall framework is established for the redirection of near-Earth asteroids usin...
In this paper, a practical approach to the trajectory design for asteroid exploration missions with ...