Although no known asteroid poses a threat to Earth for at least the next century, the
catalogue of near-Earth asteroids is incomplete for objects whose impacts would produce …

Abstract The NASA Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission performed a kinetic
impact on asteroid Dimorphos, the satellite of the binary asteroid (65803) Didymos, at 23: 14 …

Abstract On 26 September 2022, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission
successfully impacted Dimorphos, the natural satellite of the binary near-Earth asteroid …

Planetary defense efforts rely on estimates of the mechanical properties of asteroids, which
are difficult to constrain accurately from Earth. The mechanical properties of asteroid …

Asteroids smaller than 10 km are thought to be rubble piles formed from the reaccumulation
of fragments produced in the catastrophic disruption of parent bodies. Ground-based …

Spacecraft observations revealed that rocks on carbonaceous asteroids, which constitute
the most numerous class by composition, can develop millimeter-to-meter-scale fractures …

Abstract NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission was the first to
demonstrate asteroid deflection, and the mission's Level 1 requirements guided its planetary …

The bearing capacity-the ability of a surface to support applied loads-is an important
parameter for understanding and predicting the response of a surface. Previous work has …

Abstract The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft will impact into the
asteroid Dimorphos on 2022 September 26 as a test of the kinetic impactor technique for …

Nowadays, asteroid and comet exploration is one of the most important components of deep
space exploration. Through asteroid and comet exploration missions, it is possible to reveal …