There is growing momentum, as articulated through the visions of space agencies, to
establish permanent settlements on planetary bodies such as the moon and Mars. One key …

Ballistic limit equations (BLEs) are semi-analytical expressions used to predict the risk
posed by micrometeoroid and orbital debris (MMOD) impacts on a spacecraft. A …

Description This full-color textbook will help students and professionals understand the
space environment and its impacts on spacecraft design, engineering, and performance …

Hypervelocity impacts (HVIs) from orbital debris are an increasing threat to current and
future missions in low Earth orbit, making spacecraft shielding vital for future space …

Micrometeoroid and orbital debris (MMOD) are a key risk for spacecraft damage that could
compromise missions. Detecting and evaluating MMOD damage is therefore a crucial …

Origami composites have been extensively utilized in space structures with constrained
payload volumes due to their capability to efficiently transform compact structures into larger …

The low-earth orbit environment contains small micrometeoroid and orbital debris (MMOD)
particles traveling at characteristic velocities of several kilometers per second. In addition to …

Unmanned spacecraft typically require protection only from much smaller orbital debris as
compared to manned missions. This paper presents quantification and comparison of the …

Sandwich panels are widely used in the design of unmanned satellites and in addition to
having a structural function, can often serve as orbital debris shielding. In this application …

This paper develops a damage-risk assessing method with dynamic feature extraction
optimization (DFEO) in the Thermal-wave image technique, to evaluate the hypervelocity …