Survey on AI‐Enabled Computer Vision Technologies and Applications for Space Robotic Missions
Journal of Field Robotics, Volume 43, Issue 4, Page 2553-2584, June 2026.ABSTRACT This survey provides a comprehensive overview of recent advancements and challenges in Artificial Intelligence (AI)‐enabled computer vision (CV) techniques for space robotic missions, spanning critical phases such as Entry, Descent, and Landing (EDL), orbital operations, and planetary surface exploration.
Maciej Quoos +6 more
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Sampling, Mobility, and Anchoring in Small‐Body Sampling Robots: A Comprehensive Review
SmartBot, Volume 2, Issue 2, June 2026.Small‐body sampling robots are exploration systems that perform contact, sampling, and stable operations on microgravity bodies such as asteroids and comets. The authors review representative robot architectures and key technologies, focusing on the mechanisms, evolution, and coupling of sampling, mobility, and anchoring.
Yurui Shen +7 more
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The Planetary Science JournalThe near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 was reported to have a non-negligible Earth-impact probability in 2032 December. Although the impact probability has since been reduced to nearly zero, this study investigates a hypothetical planetary defense scenario in ...
Kaho Nakagawa +4 more
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Concurrent AIV as a method to hard tailor test- and model philosophies in times of need
MethodsX, 2019 MASCOT, a small 11 kg prototype Asteroid Lander on-board JAXA’s Hayabusa2 space probe, was launched on December 3rd, 2014, and arrived at its destined target asteroid (162173) Ryugu on June 27, 2018.
Christian Grimm, Jeffrey Hendrikse
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Anhydrous minerals in asteroid Bennu: Evidence for well‐preserved primordial components
Meteoritics &Planetary Science, Volume 61, Issue 6, Page 963-986, June 2026.Abstract Aqueously altered carbonaceous astromaterials are dominated by secondary minerals, but a minor fraction of primary, anhydrous silicates and oxides escape alteration, offering insight into the original composition of asteroid parent bodies. We report the mineralogy, petrology, mineral chemistry, and oxygen isotopes of anhydrous minerals—50 ...
S. S. Russell +23 more
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NASA Curation Preparation for Ryugu Sample Returned by JAXA's Hayabusa2 Mission [PDF]
, 2017 The NASA OSIRIS-REx and JAXA Hayabusa2 missions to near-Earth asteroids Bennu and Ryugu share similar mission goals of understanding the origins of primitive, organic-rich asteroids.
Nakamura-Messenger, Keiko +6 more
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Hayabusa2# enstatite-like target 1998 KY26 originating from the Nysa family
Astronomy & AstrophysicsContext. Following its nominal mission, the Hayabusa2 spacecraft is cruising toward two new targets as part of its extended mission, Hayabusa2# (SHARP: Small Hazardous Asteroid Reconnaissance Probe).
Tatsumi Eri +2 more
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Size Constraint on Hayabusa2 Extended Mission Rendezvous Target 1998 KY26 via VLT/VISIR Nondetection
The Astronomical Journal1998 KY _26 is a tiny near-Earth asteroid ( H = 26.1) discovered in 1998. It has been selected as the target of the Hayabusa2 extended mission, which will rendezvous with 1998 KY _26 in 2031.
Jin Beniyama +6 more
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Implications of cohesive strength in asteroid interiors and surfaces and its measurement
Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 2018 Recent observations and theory have indicated that rubble pile asteroids may have a small, but finite, level of tensile strength, allowing them to spin above their spin deformation limit as defined in Holsapple (Icarus 205:430–442, 2010).
Daniel J. Scheeres, Paul Sánchez
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MASCOT - a Mobile Lander on-board Hayabusa2 Spacecraft - Status and Operational Concept for the Asteroid Ryugu [PDF]
, 2018 MASCOT (‘Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout’) is a 10 kg mobile surface science package on board JAXA’s Hayabusa2 sample return mission, currently on its way to the near-Earth asteroid (162173) Ryugu.
Christian Ziach +73 more
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