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As we enter Phase B, check out the current status of #LUMIO mission. The paper is open access! sciencedirect.com/science/articl… @MonKeed @CaGiordano_ @VittoFranz @massarimauro @GigiDiLizia

Which is the best method to navigate in a double asteroid environment? You'll find the answer in the new paper by @Mpugliattia, @VittoFranz, and @FrancescoTop published by @aiaa's J. of Spacecraft and Rockets. arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/1.…

ESA's M-Argo mission will be the first #CubeSat to fly itself thru interplanetary space - while an #ESATech workshop this month considers chemical or electric propulsion options for future #CubeSats in Earth orbit, getting these versatile mini-sats moving esa.int/ESA_Multimedia…

A procedure to identify the envelop of reachable asteroids by the Miniaturised Asteroid Remote Geophysical Observer (M-ARGO) CubeSat is presented in a @ElsevierConnect ASR paper coauthored by our @FrancescoTop, Yang Wang, Carmine Giordano, @VittoFranz sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

The preliminary mission profile of Hera’s Milani #CubeSat is presented in the new paper by our @fabiolouf, @VittoFranz, @Mpugliatti, @CaGiordano_ , @FrancescoTop on @ElsevierConnect ASR sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

You're lost in space and you see beacons, but you don’t know which one to use? The new paper by our V. Franzese and @FrancescoTop suggests an optimal beacons selection strategy for deep-space optical navigation #citeas" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">link.springer.com/article/10.100…

@FrancescoTop But your phone still works..

That moment when you set up the out of office message ...

@FrancescoTop @ERC_Research @FondCariplo @RegLombardia @AETUDelft @tudelft @ElsevierPhysics @SpringerMath @AAS_Office @CaGiordano_ @YangWan04959406 @inpepwetrust1 @MonKeed @Mpugliattia @diogene_gg @AerospacePoliMI @polimi @GigiDiLizia @massarimauro Congratulations for achieving THE important milestone. Well deserved!

@ERC_Research @FondCariplo @RegLombardia @AETUDelft @tudelft @ElsevierPhysics @SpringerMath @AAS_Office @VittoFranz @CaGiordano_ @YangWan04959406 @inpepwetrust1 @MonKeed @Mpugliattia @diogene_gg @AerospacePoliMI @polimi @GigiDiLizia @massarimauro This is however not the end of the story. EXTREMA (this is the name of my project) is worth 2€M, lasts for 5 years, and will require setting up a larger team, with 8 new collaborators to recruit. Can’t wait to start this new adventure!

I am extremely honored to have been awarded an #ERC Consolidator Grant to conduct fundamental research in the field of astrodynamics. twitter.com/ERC_Research/s… #Thread

#ESATech image of the week: this suitcase-sized spacecraft is a 12-unit #CubeSat designed for deep space exploration of an #asteroid. M-Argo has just passed its Mission Design Review, confirming it is able to reach a choice of 148 near-Earth #asteroids esa.int/ESA_Multimedia…

Very happy to have kicked off the M-ARGO deep space CubeSat project with Gomspace and Politecnico di Milano, along with our experts at ESA supporting the mission. The journey to rendezvous with the asteroid starts here!

@haya2e_jaxa Amazing!

We have imaged asteroid Ryugu from a distance of about 40 km. Details of the asteroid surface are now clear, giving food for thought about the best locations for surface operations. hayabusa2.jaxa.jp/topics/2018062…

Nice news article by @esa's CDF featuring the #LUMIO study performed in February. esa.int/Our_Activities…

Deviations from #GeneralRelativity can be tested by spacecraft on Sun-Earth saddle point ballistic fly-through trajectories, as explained in the new paper by our @FrancescoTop and @diogene_gg link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Falcon Heavy side cores have landed at SpaceX’s Landing Zones 1 and 2.

Il CubeSat #LUMIO di @AerospacePoliMI tra i vincitori della challenge #SYSNOVA di @esaGSP. Un satellite artificiale in miniatura in grado di osservare, quantificare e descrivere gli impatti dei meteoroidi sulla Luna. Foto: ESA esa.int/Our_Activities…

ESA picks two tiny spacecraft to study the dark side of the Moon engadget.com/2018/01/29/esa… via @engadget

Lunar Meteoroid Impacts Observer Mission, winner of the ESA Sysnova competition. #LUMIO @FrancescoTop @diogene_gg @massarimauro @GigiDiLizia @sette_pini @esa @ASI_spazio @asi @polimi @DelftUniversity @Leonardo_IT

#Luna senza segreti per #Lumio @polimi @FrancescoTop asitv.it/media/vod/v/44…

Imagine sending a spacecraft the size of an airline cabin bag to the #Moon – what would you have it do? ESA issued that challenge to European teams last year, and two winners have now been chosen. #CubeSats esa.int/Our_Activities…