H. Y. McSween

Publication List Details

Period

1996 - 2007

Number

46

Co-Authors

Exploring the asteroid belt with ion propulsion: Dawn mission history, status and plans (2007)

Russell, C.T., Barucci, M.A., Binzel, R.P., Capria, M.T., Christensen, U., Coradini, A., ...

In this report, we describe the journey Dawn has taken in the recent past, its present status, and its future mission. The overall objective of Dawn is to explore backward in time via its...

Dawn Discovery mission to Vesta and Ceres: Present status (2006)

Russell, C.T., Capaccioni, F., Coradini, A., Christensen, U., De Sanctis, M.C., Feldman, W.C., ...

Dawn, the ninth Discovery mission, is a journey to the main belt asteroids Vesta and Ceres to attempt to understand the building blocks of the solar system and the processes occurring at the solar...

Dawn Mission Update (2004)

Sykes, M.V., Russell, C., Coradini, A., Christensen, U., De Sanctis, M.A., Feldman, W.C., ...

Dawn, the ninth Discovery mission, will be the first spacecraft to rendezvous with two solar system bodies, the main belt asteroids Vesta and Ceres. This is made possible by utilizing ion propulsion...

Chemical, Multispectral, and Textural Constraints on the Composition and Origin of Rocks at the Mars Pathfinder Landing Site (2004)

McSween, H. Y., Murchie, S. L., Crisp, J. A., Bridges, N. T., Anderson, R. C., Britt, D. T., ...

Although rocks of andesitic composition at the Pathfinder site may represent samples of ancient Martian crust, inferences drawn about a necessary role for water or plate tectonics in their...

Overview of the Mars Pathfinder Mission: Launch Through Landing, Surface Operations, Data Sets, and Science Results (2004)

Anderson, R. C., Barnes, J. R., Bell, J. F. III, Bridges, N. T., Britt, D. T., Brucker, J., ...

Mars pathfinder successfully landed at Ares Vallis on July 4, 1997 and returned 2.3 Gbits of information during 3 months of surface operations of a lander, rover, three science instruments,...

Dawn: A journey in space and time (2004)

Russell, C. T., Coradini, A, Christensen, U, De Sanctis, M C, Feldman, W C, Jaumann, R, ...

By successively orbiting both 4 Vesta and I Ceres the Dawn mission directly addresses the long-standing goals of understanding the origin and evolution of the solar system. Ceres and Vesta are two...

Dawn: A Journey in Space and Time (2004)

Russell, C.T., Coradini, A., De Santis, M.C., Feldman, W.C., Jaumann, R., Konopliv, A.S., ...

By successively orbiting both 4 Vesta and 1 Ceres the Dawn mission directly addresses the long-standing goals of understanding the origin and evolution of the solar system. Ceres and Vesta are two...

Dawn : A Journey in Space and Time (2003)

Russell, C.T., Coradini, A., De Sanctis, M.C., Feldman, W.C., Jaumann, R., Konopliv, A.S., ...

The Dawn mission to be launched in May 2006 successively orbits Vesta and Ceres, in 2010 and 2014 respectively. The ion-propelled spacecraft carries an imager, mapping spectrometer, gamma ray/neutron...

Dawn Discovery Mission: A Journey to the Beginning of the Solar System (2002)

Russell, C.T., Coradini, A., Feldman, W.C., Jaumann, R., Konopliv, A.S., McCord, T.B., ...

In December 2001, NASA announced the selection of the Dawn mission to Vesta and Ceres as the next mission to be undertaken in the Discovery series. Dawn examines the role of size and water content in...

Vesta: Exploration, Predictions, and Surprises (2002)

Pieters, C.M., Russell, C.T., Coradini, A., Feldman, W.C., Jaumann, R., Konopliv, A.S., ...

Introduction: The Dawn mission (led by PI Chris Russell) has been selected for implementation and will launch in 2006. It will arrive at Vesta in July 2010 and explore that protoplanet in detail for...

DAWN : A journey to the beginning of the solar system (2002)

Russell, C.T., Coradini, A., Feldman, W.C., Jaumann, R., Konopliv, A.S., McCord, T.B., ...

Dawn, NASA's ninth Discovery mission, is scheduled to launch on May 27, 2006 on a journey that will take it into orbit about the two most massive asteroids 4 Vesta and 1 Ceres. Dawn's goal is to...

A Strategy for Exploring the Asteroid Belt with Ion Propulsion: Status of the Dawn Mission (1996)

Russell, C.T., Capaccioni, F., Christensen, U., Coradini, A., DeSanctis, M.C., Feldman, W.C., ...

The largest asteroids are survivors from the earliest days of the formation of the solar system and by and large have escaped the heavy bombardment period largely unscathed. Moreover, these largest...