Exploration, Selection, Transportation and Analysis of Space Materials
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2025 | Viewed by 105
Special Issue Editors
Interests: planetary science; in situ instrumentation; sample return; small bodies; comets; asteroids; space contamination
Interests: small bodies; spectroscopy; laboratory analysis; extraterrestrial materials analysis and safety transportation; planetary defense; Instrumentation development for planetary exploration
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The investigation of issues related to the selection, transportation, and analysis of space materials has been strongly pushed by recent sample return missions (e.g., OSIRIS-REx, Chang’e program, Hayabusa2, Tianwen2) and other missions under study. This has also allowed us to deepen our knowledge about the analysis techniques and transportation of meteorites.
We are pleased to invite you to submit a paper to this Special Issue, which aims to give an overview of recent efforts in the exploration, selection, transportation, and analysis of space materials.
Suggested themes and article types for submission:
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Techniques for packaging and transporting space materials (e.g., meteorites, returned space samples);
- Techniques for collecting space samples;
- Overview or specific aspects related to projects/missions aiming to select, return, or analyze space samples;
- Analysis of meteorites, micrometeorites, interplanetary dust particles, or returned samples.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Andrea Longobardo
Dr. Fabrizio Dirri
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- extraterrestrial samples
- transportation techniques
- meteorites
- collection methods
- data analysis
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