Abstract: SAW Mast inspection background: In 2012, NASA's Flight Safety Office requested the Micro Meteoroid and…
Author: New NASA STI
Development of the Space Debris Sensor (SDS)
Abstract: The Space Debris Sensor (SDS) is a NASA experiment scheduled to fly aboard the International…
Fine-Gained CAIs in Comet Samples: Moderate Refractory Character and Comparison to Small Refractory Inclusions in Chondrites
Abstract: Examination of >200 comet Wild 2 particles collected by the Stardust (SD) mission shows that…
Moon Age and Regolith Explorer (MARE) Mission Design and Performance
Abstract: On December 11, 1972, Apollo 17 marked the last controlled U.S. lunar landing and was…
Targeting Cislunar Near Rectilinear Halo Orbits for Human Space Exploration
Abstract: Part of the challenge of charting a human exploration space architecture is finding locations to…
Orbit Maintenance and Navigation of Human Spacecraft at Cislunar Near Rectilinear Halo Orbits
Abstract: Multiple studies have concluded that Earth-Moon libration point orbits are attractive candidates for staging operations.…
Differentiation of Asteroid 4 Vesta: Core Formation by Iron Rain in a Silicate Magma Ocean
Abstract: Geochemical observations of the eucrite and diogenite meteorites, together with observations made by NASA's Dawn…