TY  - CHAP
A1  - Grundmann, Jan Thimo
A1  - Lange, Caroline
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Grimm, Christian
A1  - Koch, Aaron
A1  - Ulamec, Stephan
T1  - Small Spacecraft in Planetary Defence Related Applications–Capabilities, Constraints, Challenges
T2  - IEEE Aerospace Conference
N2  - In this paper we present an overview of the characteristics and peculiarities of small spacecraft missions related to planetary defence applications. We provide a brief overview of small spacecraft missions to small solar system bodies. On this background we present recent missions and selected projects and related studies at the German Aerospace Center, DLR, that contribute to planetary defence related activities. These range from Earth orbit technology demonstrators to active science missions in interplanetary space. We provide a summary of experience from recently flown missions with DLR participation as well as a number of studies. These include PHILAE, the lander recently arrived on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko aboard ESA’s ROSETTA comet rendezvous mission, and the Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout, MASCOT, now underway to near-Earth asteroid (162173) 1999 JU3 aboard the Japanese sample-return probe HAYABUSA-2. We introduce the differences between the conventional methods employed in the design, integration and testing of large spacecraft and the new approaches developed by small spacecraft projects. We expect that the practical experience that can be gained from projects on extremely
compressed timelines or with high-intensity operation phases on a newly explored small solar system body can contribute significantly to the study, preparation and realization of future planetary defence related missions. One is AIDA (Asteroid Impact & Deflection Assessment), a joint effort of ESA,JHU/APL, NASA, OCA and DLR, combining JHU/APL’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) and ESA’s AIM (Asteroid Impact Monitor) spacecraft in a mission towards
near-Eath binary asteroid (65803) Didymos.
KW  - small spacecraft
KW  - planetary defence
KW  - asteroid lander
KW  - solar sail
KW  - flotilla missions
Y1  - 2015
N1  - 2015 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 7.-13. Mar. 2015, Big Sky, Montana, USA.
SP  - 1
EP  - 18
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Ulamec, Stephan
A1  - Kowalski, Julia
A1  - Boxberg, Marc S.
A1  - Baader, Fabian
A1  - Biele, Jens
A1  - Kömle, Norbert
ED  - Badescu, Viorel
ED  - Zacny, Kris
ED  - Bar-Cohen, Yoseph
T1  - Ice melting probes
T2  - Handbook of Space Resources
N2  - The exploration of icy environments in the solar system, such as the poles of Mars and the icy moons (a.k.a. ocean worlds), is a key aspect for understanding their astrobiological potential as well as for extraterrestrial resource inspection. On these worlds, ice melting probes are considered to be well suited for the robotic clean execution of such missions. In this chapter, we describe ice melting probes and their applications, the physics of ice melting and how the melting behavior can be modeled and simulated numerically, the challenges for ice melting, and the required key technologies to deal with those challenges. We also give an overview of existing ice melting probes and report some results and lessons learned from laboratory and field tests.
KW  - Ice melting probe
KW  - Ice penetration
KW  - Icy moons
KW  - Ocean worlds
KW  - Mars
Y1  - 2023
SN  - 978-3-030-97912-6 (Print)
SN  - 978-3-030-97913-3 (Online)
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97913-3_29
SP  - 955
EP  - 996
PB  - Springer
CY  - Cham
ER  -