About Astronautics

Aims

Astronautics (ISSN 3042-7576) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal (free for readers) dedicated to advancing the science and technology of space exploration and utilization. The journal publishes high-quality reviews, research articles, and short communications across all domains of astronautics. We are committed to facilitating high-level scientific discourse, promoting breakthrough discoveries, and enabling knowledge sharing that will expand humanity's sustainable presence in space.

Scope

General subject areas include, but not limited to, the following:

• astrodynamics;
• spacecraft technology;
• launch systems and reusable technologies;
• satellite technology;
• space transportation;
• space communications;
• space vehicle design, propulsion, and avionics;
• space energy, power and propulsion;
• earth observations;
• autonomous systems and robotics for space;
• space debris;
• space weather and environment;
• microgravity;
• space station technology;
• guidance, navigation and control;
• orbital mechanics and trajectory optimization;
• space missions;
• deep-space missions;
• space exploration;
• space materials science and in situ resource utilization (ISRU);
• space policy, law, and economics;
• bioastronautics;
• space traffic management.

MDPI Publication Ethics Statement

MDPI is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). MDPI takes the responsibility to enforce a rigorous peer-review together with strict ethical policies and standards to ensure to add high quality scientific works to the field of scholarly publication. Unfortunately, cases of plagiarism, data falsification, inappropriate authorship credit, and the like, do arise. MDPI takes such publishing ethics issues very seriously and our editors are trained to proceed in such cases with a zero tolerance policy. To verify the originality of content submitted to our journals, we use iThenticate to check submissions against previous publications.

Book Reviews

Authors and publishers are encouraged to send review copies of their recent related books to the following address. Received books will be listed as Books Received within the journal's News & Announcements section.

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Copyright / Open Access

Articles published in Astronautics will be Open-Access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The copyright is retained by the author(s). MDPI will insert the following note at the end of the published text:

Reprints

Reprints may be ordered. Please contact publisher@mdpi.com for more information on how to order reprints.

Announcement and Advertisement

Announcements regarding academic activities such as conferences are published for free in the News & Announcements section of the journal. Advertisement can be either published or placed on the pertinent website. Contact e-mail address is astronautics@mdpi.com.

Editorial Office

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