Regolith penetration for placing instruments into ground and regolith-sampling for re-entry or
in-situ analysis play an extremely critical role in searching for alien life and revealing the …

C-type asteroids are considered to be primitive small Solar System bodies enriched in water
and organics, providing clues to the origin and evolution of the Solar System and the …

The composition the atmosphere of Venus results from the integration of many processes
entering into play over the entire geological history of the planet. Determining the elemental …

The nature of organic matter in meteorites reveals information about early solar system
chemistry and the histories of parent bodies as recorded in the effects of physical and …

The optimization of drilling operations is an ongoing necessity since the major proportion of
the terrestrial hydrocarbon reservoirs has been exhausted. Furthermore, there is a growing …

Just as geological samples from Earth record the natural history of our planet, astromaterials
hold the natural history of our solar system and beyond. Astromaterials acquisition and …

Abstract Space exploration has significantly enriched humanity's understanding of the space
environment in which our Earth resides and the evolution of the Solar System. What we …

Understanding the true nature of extra-terrestrial water and organic matter that were present
at the birth of our solar system, and their subsequent evolution, necessitates the study of …

Developing a cleanroom and clean chambers (CCs) for Hayabusa2 returned samples has
been discussed with the committee for Hayabusa2 sample curation facility since 2015. One …

Extraterrestrial iron sulfide is a major mineral reservoir of the cosmochemically and
astrobiologically important elements iron and sulfur. Sulfur depletion on asteroids is a long …