Asteroid origins satellite (AOSAT) I: an on-orbit centrifuge science laboratory

J Lightholder, A Thoesen, E Adamson, J Jakubowski… - Acta Astronautica, 2017 - Elsevier
Exploration of asteroids, comets and small moons (small bodies) can answer fundamental
questions relating to the formation of the solar system, the availability of resources, and the …

An on-orbit CubeSat centrifuge for asteroid science and exploration

J Thangavelautham, E Asphaug… - 2019 IEEE Aerospace …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
There are thousands of asteroids in near-Earth space and millions expected in the Main
Belt. They are diverse in their physical properties and compositions. They are also time …

[PDF][PDF] Low-Cost Science Laboratory in Microgravity Using a CubeSat Centrifuge Framework

J Thangavelautham, A Thoesen… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - asteroids.arizona.edu
Gravity is known to play a critical part in many physical, biological and technological
processes that we take for granted on Earth. Long duration human spaceflight has shown …

CubeSat Technology Past and Present: Current State-of-the-Art Survey

BMM Bomani - 2021 - ntrs.nasa.gov
A cube satellite (CubeSat) is an evolving and emerging technology that gives a novice or
advanced researcher relatively affordable access to space research experiments and …