Considerable attention is currently directed towards space nuclear reactor systems with
significantly higher power outputs, catering to applications like nuclear electric propulsion …

Abstract The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is a Planetary Defense mission,
designed to demonstrate the kinetic impactor technique on (65803) Didymos I Dimorphos …

Abstract The Asteroid Impact & Deflection Assessment (AIDA) mission is an international
cooperation between NASA and ESA. NASA plans to provide the Double Asteroid …

Abstract The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft will impact into the
asteroid Dimorphos on 2022 September 26 as a test of the kinetic impactor technique for …

We use a novel approach to model the entire cratering process resulting from impacts on
small, weak asteroids that uses shock physics code calculations directly. We found that …

We overview various efforts within the DART Investigation Team's Ejecta Working Group to
predict the characteristics, quantity, dynamical behavior, and observability of DART impact …

Abstract NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft is planned to impact
the natural satellite of (65803) Didymos, Dimorphos, at around 23: 14 UTC on 2022 …

Abstract NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission was the first to
demonstrate asteroid deflection, and the mission's Level 1 requirements guided its planetary …

Abstract NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission is the first full-scale
planetary defense mission. The target is the binary asteroid (65803) Didymos, in which the …

The mutual gravitational interaction of binary asteroids, which make up approximately 15 per
cent of the near-Earth asteroid (NEA) population, provides a continuous tidal force, creating …