SMART-1 mission to the moon: Status, first results and goals

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 6-13

  Foing, B H ^a   Racca, G D ^b   Marini, A ^b   Evrard, E ^b   Stagnaro, L ^b   Almeida, M ^a   Koschny, D ^a   Frew, D ^a   Zender, J ^a   Heather, J ^a   Grande, M ^c   Huovelin, J ^d   Keller, H U ^e   Nathues, A ^e   Josset, J L ^f   Malkki, A ^g   Schmidt, W ^g   Noci, G ^h   Birkl, R ⁱ   Iess, L ^j   Sodnik, Z ^k   McManamon, P ^k   more..

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b ESA Scientific Project Department   (Netherlands)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d Helsinki Observatory   (Finland)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^f Institute for Space Exploration   (Switzerland)

^g FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^h LABEN SpA   (Italy)

ⁱ AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE   (Germany)

^j SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^k ESTEC TEC   (Netherlands)

more..

Author keywords

Imaging payloads; Mineralogy; Moon; SMART 1; Surface composition; Technology

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS; MINERALOGY; MOON; ORBITAL TRANSFER; SPACE RESEARCH; SURFACE STRUCTURE; TECHNOLOGY;

IMAGING PAYLOADS; LUNAR POLES; SMART-1;

LUNAR MISSIONS;

EID: 33344469433     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.12.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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