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
The Japanese space agency (ISAS department) is hosting an open, online meeting on the OPENS mission proposal: www.isas.jaxa.jp/en/researchers/info/004084.htmlSep 17, 2025The First OPENS International Science Workshop (Sep 29-30, 2025/ Full Online) One would think probes to Saturn are beyond all but… Read More »Japanese OPENS Meeting Sep. 29-30
In Acta Astronautica for October (vol. 235): Broslav, T. Dreyer, C. Sercel, J. Optical mining of carbonaceous chondrite simulants: Testing and lessons learned in asteroid mining research p. 1 .2025.04.033Wang, Y. Zhu, Y. Ding, Y. Research on the ignition characteristics and… Read More »Note, Paper: Light this Rocket, Little Rock edition
The Planetary and Space Science issue for 1 Oct (vol. 265) includes: Gallot, T. Sedofeito, C. Ginares, A. et al. Seismic wave experiments in granular media with applications to asteroids Art 106153 .2025.106153Barbieri, C. Beolchi, A. Bertini, I. et al. Preparing for… Read More »Note, Paper: We Cover Pre-Recovery
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
It’s an odd-numbered year. Therefore, the American Astronomical Society’s meeting of their Division for Planetary Sciences will be a joint meeting (in Helsinki, FI) with the Europlanet Science Congress, on September 8-12: https://www.epsc-dps2025.eu/ Of course, next year will be two… Read More »2025 Joint EPSC-DPS Meeting, I
Came across an article in Space: Science & Technology (a title within the Science family) for 27 Aug 2025 (vol 5): Zhou, Q. Guo, W. Jin, M. et al. Adaptive Brightness Enhancement Algorithm of Small Celestial Bodies Based on Knowledge… Read More »Note, Paper: Gain Range Page
The journal Acta Astronautica for Sep 2025 (vol. 234) has: Hosonuma, T. Miyabara, T. Ozaki, N. et al. Autonomous optical navigation for DESTINY*: Enhancing misalignment robustness in flyby observations with a rotating… Pgs. 117 .2025.04.023Li, Y-H. Lien, W-C. Liu, S-W. Development… Read More »Note, Paper: Whip, Slip, and Flip
Now for the annual Smallsat Conference (smallsat.org), hosted as always by Utah State University, August 11-13. See the overview: https://smallsat.org/conference/schedule/ https://smallsat.org/conference/keynote/https://smallsat.org/conference/flash-talks/https://smallsat.org/conference/posters/ In case you don’t see the connection: Hera is currently flying with the Milani and Juventas 6U CubeSats, to… Read More »Smallsat meeting, 2025
Publications on our interstellar guest 3I/ATLAS continue, as they should- we have only months before it passes behind the Sun. Publications on the arXiv platform: arXiv:2507.14916 Yang, B. Meech, K. J. Connelley, M. et al. Spectroscopic Characterization of Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS:… Read More »3I/ATLAS Grab Bag