Suess-Urey mission (return of solar matter to Earth)

Donald Rapp; Firouz Naderi; Marcia Neugebauer; Donald Sevilla; Donald Sweetnam; Donald Burnett; Roger Wiens; Nicholas Smith; Benton Clark; David McComas; Eileen Stansbery

doi:10.1016/S0094-5765(96)00140-3

Suess-Urey mission (return of solar matter to Earth)

Donald Rapp, Firouz Naderi, Marcia Neugebauer, Donald Sevilla, Donald Sweetnam, Donald Burnett, Roger Wiens, Nicholas Smith, Benton Clark, David McComas, Eileen Stansbery

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The Suess-Urey (S-U) mission has been proposed as a NASA Discovery mission to return samples of matter from the Sun to the Earth for isotopic and chemical analyses in terrestrial laboratories to provide a major improvement in our knowledge of the average chemical and isotopic composition of the solar system. The S-U spacecraft and sample return capsule will be placed in a halo orbit around the L1 Sun-Earth libration point for two years to collect solar wind ions which implant into large passive collectors made of ultra-pure materials. Constant Spacecraft-Sun-Earth geometries enable simple spin stabilized attitude control, simple passive thermal control, and a fixed medium gain antenna. Low data requirements and the safety of a Sun-pointed spinner, result in extremely low mission operations costs.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	229-238
Number of pages	10
Journal	Unknown Journal
Volume	39
Issue number	1-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0094-5765(96)00140-3
State	Published - 1996
Externally published	Yes
Event	Proceedings of the 1996 2nd IAA International Conference on Low-Cost Planetary Missions - Laurel, MD, USA Duration: Apr 16 1996 → Apr 19 1996

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