The MUSES-C mission for the sample and return - Its technology development status and readiness

Jun'ichiro Kawaguchi; Kuninori Uesugi; Akira Fujiwara

doi:10.1016/S0094-5765(02)00146-7

The MUSES-C mission for the sample and return - Its technology development status and readiness

Jun'ichiro Kawaguchi, Kuninori Uesugi, Akira Fujiwara

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Abstract

The MUSES-C mission is a technology demonstration project, which at the same time aims at sample and return from extra-terrestrial object, an asteroid to the Earth. It is scheduled to be launched in 2002 and the flight model hardware is being fabricated currently. This paper presents the latest hardware readiness of the spacecraft which has completed both the mechanical environment and thermal vacuum tests. This paper also describes the mission requirement and scenario showing the pictures of some components.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	117-123
Number of pages	7
Journal	Acta Astronautica
Volume	52
Issue number	2-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0094-5765(02)00146-7
Publication status	Published - 2003 Jan
Externally published	Yes

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