BepiColombo is a joint mission between the European Space Agency, ESA, and the
Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, to perform a comprehensive exploration of …

MAP-PACE (MAgnetic field and Plasma experiment—Plasma energy Angle and
Composition Experiment) on SELENE (Kaguya) has completed its∼ 1.5-year observation of …

Propulsion is a critical subsystem of many spacecraft,,–. For efficient propellant usage,
electric propulsion systems based on the electrostatic acceleration of ions formed during …

Innovations for terrestrial transportation technologies, eg, cars, aircraft, and so on, have
driven historical industries so far, and a similar breakthrough is now occurring in space …

We utilize a theoretical analysis of the generation, ascent, intrusion and eruption of basaltic
magma on the Moon to develop new insights into magma source depths, supply processes …

Interaction between the solar wind and objects in the solar system varies largely according
to the settings, such as the existence of a global intrinsic magnetic field and/or thick …

Potassium Rankine cycle is one of the best thermoelectric conversion schemes for high
power output of space nuclear power. Thermodynamic analysis is an important theoretical …

We present a study of the low-thrust transfer problem near the secondary body in the Earth–
Moon circular restricted three-body problem (CRTBP). Based on the Pontryagin maximum …

Sampling soil or rocks from extraterrestrial celestial bodies is the essential step to detecting
the existence of water and life in celestial bodies, it is also an important channel to obtain …

The Japanese lunar mission SELENE (SELenological and ENgineering Explorer) has been
in development to target launch scheduled 2007 summer by H-IIA rocket. The SELENE is …