In this “month’s” three issues of MNRAS (Monthly Notices, Roy. Astron. Society): Volume 537, Issue 3, March 2025– Volume 537, Issue 4, March 2025Müller, D. R. Altwegg, K. Berthelieret, J-J. et al. Land of gas and dust – exploring bursting… Read More »Note, Paper: >Million Pieces
…and now Thursday, March 13, 2025 (see also Mon, Tue, Wed) https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2025/technical_program/ Special Session: Interesting Ices of the Solar SystemRole of Natron in Delaying Retreat of Buried Ice Tables on Ceres and Ceres-Like Objects [#2251] Landis M. E. et al.A… Read More »56th LPSC (2025): Thu, Day 4
Good Acta Astronautica for March (vol. 228): Ge, D. Shen, X. Liang, Z. et al. Efficient selection of asteroid landing sites using composite guidance vectors Page 121 .11.055Yang, Y. Zhou, S. Yuan, S. et al. Optimization design and mechanism study… Read More »Note, Paper: Gas Up… or Ast Up?
The launch of the Odin asteroid mission, from AstroForge, was successful. Unfortunately, that’s about the only thing we can say for sure just yet. Separation occurred, and the probe appears to be powered and transmitting, but no useful radio link… Read More »AstroForge Odin OK?
Before we get to LPSC, there’s a German conference coming up soon: (deep breath) Towards New Frontiers: The Astrochemical Journey from Young Stellar Nurseries to Exoplanets, in Garching, next week. Yes, this is relevant as comets, (most) asteroids, and transition… Read More »Astrochemical New Frontiers Conference
One in-scope paper in Planetary and Space Science, vol. 256 (Feb), and none in March: De Keyser, J. Edberg, N. J. T. Henri, P. H. et al. Optimal choice of closest approach distance for a comet flyby: Application to the… Read More »Note, Paper: Plan Sp Plans
It’s a bit much to lump in New Scientist with the lay press, but it’s certainly no peer-reviewed journal. I call MIT Technology Review the same. In the 8 Feb 2025 issue (vol. 265, No. 3529): Drake, Nadia Destination Phobos… Read More »New Scientist ‘SSSB’ News
This month’s Acta Astronautica (vol. 227, February) is propulsion-relevant: Deng, H. Sun, Y. Cheng, L. et al Study on the current stability and performances of electrospray thruster by coaxial capillary emitters of hybrid highly conductive ionic liquids P 1 .2024.11.049Moriai, I.… Read More »Note, Paper: Acta Thrustronautica
Today is, I gather, the holiday of something love-related? It sure is. Asteroid “Eros” (named for the Greek god of love) had, twenty-five years ago today, been the site of a space “first”- the first orbiting of an asteroid (or… Read More »25th Anniversary of a First: NEAR
Oops, forgot there was a mid-month Advances in Space Research. For Jan 15 (vol. 75 #2): de Almeida, A. K. Vaillant, T. Santos, L. B. T. et al. Low-thrust transfer with Theory of Functional Connections: Application to 243 Ida with… Read More »Note, Paper: Advances in Sail Res