This paper aims to assess the potential and requirements of photovoltaic arrays to provide
energy for more than 30 mission types to explore 14 celestial bodies in our solar system …

Abstract NASA's Lunar Precursor Robotic Program (LPRP), formulated in response to the
President's Vision for Space Exploration, will execute a series of robotic missions that will …

BepiColombo is an interdisciplinary mission to explore Mercury, the planet closest to the
sun, carried out jointly between the European Space Agency and the Japanese Aerospace …

X-ray fluorescence spectra obtained by the MESSENGER spacecraft orbiting Mercury
indicate that the planet's surface differs in composition from those of other terrestrial planets …

Abstract The MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging
(MESSENGER) spacecraft, launched on August 3, 2004, is nearing the halfway point on its …

Observations of radar speckle patterns tied to the rotation of Mercury establish that the
planet occupies a Cassini state with obliquity of 2.11±0.1 arc minutes. The measurements …

We have mapped the major-element composition of Mercury's surface from orbital
MESSENGER X-Ray Spectrometer measurements. These maps constitute the first global …

Abstract The Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) on the MESSENGER spacecraft will
provide critical measurements tracing Mercury's origin and evolution. MDIS consists of a …

Abstract Launched onboard the BepiColombo Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) in October
2018, the Mercury Radiometer and Thermal Infrared Spectrometer (MERTIS) is on its way to …

The NASA MESSENGER mission explored the innermost planet of the solar system and
obtained a rich data set of range measurements for the determination of Mercury's …