Browsing MIT Open Access Articles by Author "Iakubivskyi, Iaroslav"
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Electric Sail Test Cube–Lunar Nanospacecraft, ESTCube-LuNa: Solar Wind Propulsion Demonstration Mission Concept
Slavinskis, Andris; Palos, Mario F.; Dalbins, Janis; Janhunen, Pekka; Tajmar, Martin; e.a. (MDPI AG, 2024-03-14)The electric solar wind sail, or E-sail, is a propellantless interplanetary propulsion system concept. By deflecting solar wind particles off their original course, it can generate a propulsive effect with nothing more ... -
Venus Life Finder Habitability Mission: Motivation, Science Objectives, and Instrumentation
Seager, Sara; Petkowski, Janusz J.; Carr, Christopher E.; Saikia, Sarag J.; Agrawal, Rachana; e.a. (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022-11-21)For over half a century, scientists have contemplated the potential existence of life within the clouds of Venus. Unknown chemistry leaves open the possibility that certain regions of the Venusian atmosphere are habitable. ...