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Future space missions: the inner region of the Solar system
Vasylenko, A. A.
The paper deals with an overview of space missions to explore the inner region of the Solar System, the nearest on time of their launch, namely, Probe Plus, Solar Orbiter, BepiColombo, EXOMars, and InSight. Each of them will study either the Sun or the planet of the Earth group. Their launches are planned for 2018-2020. We describe briefly predest…
Investigation of Asteroids with the Use of Space Vehicles
Shevchenko, V. G.
An overview of the past, present and planned space-based observations of asteroids is given. The main results which have been and will be obtained from the space missions OAO-2, IUE, FIRSSE, IRAS, HIPPARCOS, HST, ISO, MSX, GALILEO, NEAR, DS1, SMART-1, ROSETTA and MUSES-C are presented. The expediency of asteroid investigations with spacecraft is d…