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Interstellar Dust in the Solar System
Postberg, Frank; Altobelli, Nicolas; Sterken, Veerle J. +2 more
Interstellar dust from the Local Interstellar Cloud was detected unambiguously for the first time in 1992 (Grün et al. in Nature 362:428-430, 1993). Since then, great progress has been made in observing local interstellar dust in the Solar System using a variety of methods that, all together, provide complementary views of the dust particles from …
The Dawn of Dust Astronomy
Krüger, Harald; Grün, Eberhard; Srama, Ralf
We review the development of dust science from the first ground-based astronomical observations of dust in space to compositional analysis of individual dust particles and their source objects. A multitude of observational techniques is available for the scientific study of space dust: from meteors and interplanetary dust particles collected in th…
Towards New Comet Missions
Kührt, E.; Gundlach, B.; Thomas, N. +6 more
The Rosetta observations have greatly advanced our knowledge of the cometary nucleus and its immediate environment. However, constraints on the mission (both planned and unplanned), the only partially successful Philae lander, and other instrumental issues have inevitably resulted in open questions. Surprising results from the many successful Rose…
ExoMars Atmospheric Mars Entry and Landing Investigations and Analysis (AMELIA)
Colombatti, Giacomo; Bettanini, Carlo; Aboudan, Alessio +25 more
The entry, descent and landing of Schiaparelli, the ExoMars Entry, descent and landing Demonstrator Module (EDM), offered a rare (once-per-mission) opportunity for in situ investigations of the martian environment over a wide altitude range. The aim of the ExoMars AMELIA experiment was to exploit the Entry, Descent and Landing System (EDLS) engine…