NDLI: Sample Return Missions from Minor Bodies: Achievements, Future Plan and Observational Support

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Author	Brucato, J. R. Rotundi, A. Epifani, E. Mazzotta
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	We are entering in a new era of space exploration signed by sample return missions. Since the Apollo and Luna Program, the study of extraterrestrial samples in laboratory is gathering an increased interest of the scientific community so that nowadays exploration program of the Solar System is characterized by swelling sample return missions. Beside lunar samples, the NASA Stardust mission was the first successful space mission that on 15 January 2006 brought to Earth solid extraterrestrial samples collected from comet 81P/Wild 2 coma. Grains were collected during cometary fly-by into aerogel and once on Earth have been extracted for laboratory analyses. In the coming two decades many space missions on going or under study will harvest samples from minor bodies. Measurements required for detailed analysis that cannot be performed from a robotic spacecraft, will be carried out on Earth laboratories with the highest analytical accuracy attainable so far. An intriguing objective for the next sample return missions is to understand the nature of organic compounds. Organic compounds found in Stardust grains even if processed to large extend during aerogel capturing are here reported. Major objectives of Marco Polo mission are reported. Various ground-based observational programs within the framework of general characterizations of families and classes, cometary–asteroid transition objects and NEOs with cometary albedo are discussed and linked to sample return mission.
Starting Page	273
Ending Page	282
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01679295
Journal	Earth, Moon, and Planets
Volume Number	105
Issue Number	2-4
e-ISSN	15730794
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2009-07-24
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Laboratory Dust Space mission Astroids Comets Spectroscopy Astrophysics Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences Planetology Astronomy
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Astronomy and Astrophysics Space and Planetary Science

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