Advances in Exploring the Moon, Mars, and Asteroids Based on In-Situ and Remote Sensing Measurements
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Satellite Missions for Earth and Planetary Exploration".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2024 | Viewed by 196
Special Issue Editors
Interests: exploration architectures; space project management
Interests: exploration; Moon, Mars; asteroids; comets; dust
Interests: asteroid geomorphology; planetary defense; spectrophotometry
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The most intriguing questions in space science are related to the origins and evolution of the solar system and the possible emergence of life elsewhere than on Earth. Moreover, both the Moon, Mars, and asteroids have the unique additional relevance of being possible destinations for exploration conducted by astronauts with the aim to expand the human presence in space beyond our planet while also accomplishing scientific investigations. Hence, the characterization of these environments can also be oriented to assess habitability aspects in preparation for future crewed missions. Geological features, the study of the environment (e.g., atmosphere, exosphere, dust, plasma, and radiation) and the related hazards for exploration, the occurrence of resources or threads—these are clear examples of areas of interest that interconnect science and robotic/human exploration.
This Special Issue intends to capture recent achievements and future trends in robotic exploration enabled by remote sensing and other techniques. Planetary orbiters have already demonstrated themselves to be a critical asset in the process of our understanding of other celestial bodies, in particular for continuous and large-scale observations from orbit.
The necessary instruments are expected to improve in terms of performance while reducing their size, mass, and resource needs in order to comply with the actual trend, like smallsat for exploration.
The solicited papers for the proposed Special Issue will cover scientific traditional topics and novel areas like innovative strategies for interplanetary transfer and observation, surface characterization from remote observations, potential habitability assessment from orbit, and new payloads for small satellites.
Dr. Simone Pirrotta
Dr. Francesca Esposito
Dr. Alice Lucchetti
Dr. Maurizio Pajola
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- geological features
- study of the environment
- resources
- robotic and human exploration
- innovative strategies
- remote sensing dataset analyses
- new instrumentation concepts
- smallsat concepts
