MUSES-C: Technologies development and Nereus exploration scenario

Space Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 265-279

  Jun'ichiro, Kawaguchi ^a   Tono, Uesugi ^a   Akira, Fujiwara ^a   Hiroki, Matsuo ^a  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 0012693061     PISSN: 08929270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0892-9270(97)00023-7     Document Type: Article

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4. Kawaguchi, J. et al., The MUSES-C, world's first sample and return mission from near earth asteroid: NEREUS. In 2nd IAA International Conference on Low-Cost Planetary Missions. APL/JHU, 1996.
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