In the past few years, several major space missions have been completed (eg, Deep Impact,
LCROSS, Chandrayaan-1, Stardust, Hayabusa), and a number of spacecraft are currently …

We present an overview of the operations, calibration, geodetic control, photometric
standardization, and processing of images from the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) …

The use of images for spacecraft navigation is well established. Although these images have
traditionally been processed by a human analyst on Earth, a variety of recent advancements …

Remote-sensing data from lunar orbiters have revealed spectral features consistent with the
presence of OH or H2O on the lunar surface. Analyses of data from the Moon Mineralogy …

Low-resolution intensity spectra of Earth's atmosphere obtained from space reveal strong
signatures of life ('biosignatures'), such as molecular oxygen and methane with abundances …

We present the results of the first-ever visible spectroscopic survey fully dedicated to the
small (absolute magnitude H≥ 20) near-Earth asteroid (NEA) population. Observations …

An unknown absorber near the cloud-top level of Venus generates a broad absorption
feature from the ultraviolet (UV) to visible, peaking around 360 nm, and therefore plays a …

A new set of time-of-day–dependent global maps of the lunar near-infrared water/hydroxyl
(H2O/OH) absorption band strength near 2.8 to 3.0 μm constructed on the basis of Moon …

Observations of the Moon obtained by the Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) instrument were
acquired at various local viewing geometries. To compensate for this, a visible near-infrared …

High-resolution topographic mapping is essential for scientific investigations and
operational exploration of planets, such as Mars. Photoclinometry, which uses light scattered …