New in Space Science Reviews (2025, vol. 221): Tortora, P. Granmiga, E. Lasagni Manghi, R et al. The Radio Science Experiment on Hera, Juventus and Milani Art 124 s11214-025-01253-8 The Hera mission contains the CubeSats Juventus and Milani. The two… Read More »Space Science Reviews: Radio Three Europe
No surprise: ESA’s Ministerial Council approved (officially…) the RAMSES mission. While meeting this week (26-27 Nov… US holiday), the European Space Agency’s Council of Ministers officiated Agency matters. RAMSES is now on track to rendezvous with Apophis in ~2029, partly… Read More »RAMSES Has Rubber Stamp
Lots of good content in Space Science Reviews lately (vol. 221). Now posted: Popescu, M. M. de Léon, J. Prodan, G. P. et al. HyperScout-H: The Hyperspectral Imager for the ESA Hera Mission art. 112 s11214-025-01237-8 The asteroid mission Hera… Read More »Space Science Reviews Hera-HS-H
Now, the second half of the Hayabusa 2025 meeting, or “12th Symposium of Solar System Materials” November 11–14 in JAXA’s Sagamihara campus: https://curation.isas.jaxa.jp/symposium/ (see also Part I). And now, the relevant, best of the meeting program: https://curation.isas.jaxa.jp/symposium/program/ Nov. 13 S31-01 … Read More »Hayabusa Symposium 2025- Pt. II
Space Science Reviews delivers another Hera-based paper. In vol. 221 (dated 5 Nov.): Okada, T. Tanaka, S. Sakatani, N. et al. The Thermal InfraRed Imager on Hera art. 104 s11214-025-01227-w The journal had already posted not one but two papers… Read More »SpaceSciRev: Hera-TIRI Queries
Not news, but ESA’s Hera mission to Didymos/Dimorphos after the DART impact has launched and is on track. Based on good performances from all propulsion systems, mission managers expect to encounter the target asteroids earlier than first planned. Arrival is… Read More »Hera Update, Oct 2025
Just out from Space Science Reviews (vol. 221): Lodiot, S. Guerbuez, C. Hera ESOC/ESA Operations: First Months in Flight and Asteroid Phase Planning Concepts Art. 89 s11214-025-01221-2 The Hera follow-on mission to DART is launched and flying. ESOC, then, refers… Read More »Note, Paper: Hera Headquarters Orders
We have another Space Science Reviews meta-mega-paper. In vol. 221, posted 17 Sep 2025: Näsilä, A. Kohout, T. Boselli, M. et al. The Asteroid Spectral Imager (ASPECT) on the Milani CubeSat Art 86 s11214-025-01193-3 The Hera mission to Didymos/Dimorphos is… Read More »Space Science Reviews Milani-ASPECT
Next week: the 6th Binaries in the Solar System (Binaries VI), in Nice, FR 15 to 17 September 2025 https://bam-vi.sciencesconf.org/ Some highlights (I admit I’m biased here):https://bam-vi.sciencesconf.org/data/pages/Program_BAM_1.pdf Monday – 15 SeptemberRachel Cueva Modeling the Dynamical Survivability of Binary Asteroids in… Read More »Binaries In The Solar System Meeting, 2025
The Europlanet-AAS Division for Planetary Science meeting for Friday, Sep. 12 (see also Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu): https://www.epsc-dps2025.eu/ https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC-DPS2025/meetingprogramme MITM10Laboratory experiments in support of ground observations and space missions (sample return, analogs, analytical workflow etc.) Low-temperature reflectance spectra of meteorites:… Read More »2025 Joint EPSC-DPS Meeting, V