24 January 2022
Solar sail mission will intercept and study small asteroid
...CubeSat called NEA Scout will use a thin, aluminum-coated solar sail about the size of a tennis court to propel ... Artemis I uncrewed test flight this spring, the sail will use solar radiation to propel the CubeSat to the asteroid, estimated to be ths...
September 2020
Tackling space debris - a global priority
...three components to SSA: space weather: monitoring solar activity such as solar wind, etc, which can affect space-borne infrastructure... to post-mission disposal manoeuvres using drag sails, solar sails, or some inflatable structure that increases the ...
March 2021
Space weather and risk mitigation
...launch planned for 2023, it will observe the solar wind interaction with the magnetosphere, the polar cusps and... in raising awareness of emerging risks - including The Impact of Solar Storms on Power Systems published by Swiss Re in cooperation with ...
10 October 2018
MASCOT successfully surveys the surface of Ryugu
... instrument also switched on prior to the separation and took measurements to show the relatively weak field of the solar wind and the very strong magnetic disturbances caused by the spacecraft. "At the moment of the separation, we expected a clear...
13 March 2020
ESA and NASA select first science instruments to send to Gateway
....” NASA’s first investigation to fly aboard the Gateway is a Sun-oriented space weather experiment to observe solar particles and solar wind. These phenomena are unpredictable and can cause violent outbursts of radiation that could hit astronauts...
June 2015
European lab in the sky: OP-SAT and new potential for ESA spacecraft
... orbit, wild temperature variations once there, delays and breaks in communication opportunities with ground and exposure to solar wind and cosmic radiation are just some of the factors that combine to stress a satellite’s on board control systems...
