Multiple near-Earth asteroid rendezvous and sample return using first generation solar sailcraft

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 864-875

  Dachwald, Bernd ^a   Seboldt, Wolfgang ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lander; Multiple rendezvous; Near Earth asteroids; Sample return; Solar sail

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

LANDERS; MULTIPLE RENDEZVOUS; NEAR-EARTH ASTEROIDS; SAMPLE RETURN; SOLAR SAIL;

SPACE RENDEZVOUS;

EID: 27644540216     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2005.04.012     Document Type: Article

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