Micrometeoroids and orbital debris (M&D) are an important component of the space
environment. High velocity interaction with spacecraft could be of serious concern for the …

Remote sensing observations by Hayabusa2 and laboratory measurements have revealed
that the phyllosilicates on asteroid (162173) Ryugu are dehydrated/dehydroxylated due to …

During the last three decades a wide variety of surfaces have been brought back to Earth
after being exposed to space environment. The impact features found on these surfaces are …

The meteoroid flux on all faces of the long duration exposure facility (LDEF) is predicted by a
direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) model, which for the first time provides a self …

Environmental Context. As the second most abundant main-group metal, Al is a prominent
constituent of meteors. Other metal-containing products of meteoric infall have been …

Abstract The Material Exposure and Degradation ExperimenT MEDET has been
successfully launched and retrieved with EuTEF from the Columbus External Payload …

This paper discusses the upcoming Leonid meteoroid storm and its effects on spacecrafts.
All satellites will be hit by tiny meteoroids but most of them will cause no problem …

DurationExposureFacility (LDEF) spacecrafthasboostedthe development of various models
for the description of natural meteoroid and man-made space debris particles in the near …

Spacecraft inhabit an environment, which presents many hazards to their structural integrity
and continued operation, and are intrinsically expensive to repair. Naturally-occurring …

Orbital debris is a growing concern for all space applications. Specifically, the ASPOD
concept has been proposed to help eliminate the debris population. This dissertation …