2026:

​​​​Kaluthantrige, A., Feng, J., Di Domenico, G., & Gil-Fernández, J. 2026. Incremental validation test campaign of a CNN-based Image Processing algorithm for autonomous visual based navigation applied to the Hera mission, Advances in Space Research, 78, 1560. 10.1016/j.asr.2026.04.105.

Cardi, M., et al. 2026. The Hera Milani Mission: Use of a Nanosatellite for Planetary Defence Purposes, Space Science Reviews, 222, 49. 10.1007/s11214-026-01287-6.

Prodan, G. P., et al. 2026. In-flight calibration of ESA Hera's HyperScout-H imager, Icarus, 454, 117081. 10.1016/j.icarus.2026.117081

Vincent, J.-B., et al. 2026. The Asteroid Framing Cameras on ESA's Hera Mission, Space Science Reviews, 222, 31. 10.1007/s11214-026-01288-5

Okada, T., et al. 2026. Thermal infrared imager TIRI onboard Hera and RAMSES missions, Acta Astronautica, 240, 888. 10.1016/j.actaastro.2025.12.039.

Palomba, E., et al. 2026. VISTA: Dust and Volatile Sensor for the ESA Hera Mission, Space Science Reviews, 222, 10. 10.1007/s11214-026-01266-x.

Van Ruymbeke, M., et al. 2026. Prototyping of B-grav to Prepare Gravimetric Mission of the GRASS on Asteroid Dimorphos, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 183, 177. 10.1007/s00024-025-03889-7

 

2025:

​​​Cinelli, M., Ortore, E., Lei, H., & Circi, C. 2025. On the dynamics of a probe in the vicinity of a binary asteroid, Advances in Space Research, 76, 784. 10.1016/j.asr.2025.05.047

Tortora, P., et al. 2025. The Radio Science Experiment on Hera, Juventas and Milani, Space Science Reviews, 221, 124. 10.1007/s11214-025-01253-8.

Voyatzis, G., Gkolias, I., Gaitanas, M., & Tsiganis, K. 2025. Terminator periodic orbits around binary asteroids: an application to the ESA Hera mission, Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 138, 2. 10.1007/s10569-025-10274-y.

Popescu, M. M., et al. 2025. Correction to: HyperScout-H: The Hyperspectral Imager for the ESA Hera Mission, Space Science Reviews, 221, 116. 10.1007/s11214-025-01246-7.

Popescu, M. M., et al. 2025. HyperScout-H: The Hyperspectral Imager for the ESA Hera Mission, Space Science Reviews, 221, 112. 10.1007/s11214-025-01237-8.

Okada, T., et al. 2025. The Thermal InfraRed Imager on Hera, Space Science Reviews, 221, 104. 10.1007/s11214-025-01227-w.

Lodiot, S., & Guerbuez, C. 2025. Hera ESOC/ESA Operations: First Months in Flight and Asteroid Phase Planning Concepts, Space Science Reviews, 221, 89. 10.1007/s11214-025-01221-2.

Näsilä, A., et al. 2025. The Asteroid Spectral Imager (ASPECT) on the Milani CubeSat, Space Science Reviews, 221, 86. 10.1007/s11214-025-01193-3.

Noeker, M., Ritter, B., Van Ransbeeck, E., & Karatekin, Ö. 2025. Design, manufacturing, and assembly of the GRASS small body gravimeter spring, CEAS Space Journal, 17, 755. 10.1007/s12567-024-00574-8.

Lind, L., Ribeiro, F. R. C., Saari, H., Ojanen, H., Holmlund, C., Raita-Hakola, A.-M., & Pölönen, I. 2025. Lifetime Performance Analysis of a Hyperspectral Imager Based on a Piezoelectrically Tunable Fabry-Perot Interferometer, Sensing and Imaging, 26, 105. 10.1007/s11220-025-00628-z.

Michel, P., et al. 2025. The Hera Space Mission in the Context of Small Near-Earth Asteroid Missions in the Past, Present and Future, Space Science Reviews, 221, 70. 10.1007/s11214-025-01195-1.

Kuppa, K., McMahon, J. W., & Dietrich, A. B. 2025. Autonomous shape modeling of small bodies using infrared image silhouettes, Acta Astronautica, 232, 215. 10.1016/j.actaastro.2025.03.005.

Langner, K., Martellato, E., Luther, R., Marzari, F., & Rossi, A. 2025. Secondary-impact debris in the Didymos system: What could be observed by Hera?, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 699, A123. 10.1051/0004-6361/202554146.

Rizza, A., Giordano, C., & Topputo, F. 2025. A goal-oriented guidance approach for binary asteroids exploration, Astrodynamics, 9, 289. 10.1007/s42064-024-0237-1.

Skog, K., Kohout, T., Kašpárek, T., Penttilä, A., Wolfmayr, M., & Praks, J. 2025. Lossless Hyperspectral Image Compression in Comet Interceptor and Hera Missions with Restricted Bandwith, Remote Sensing, 17, 899. 10.3390/rs17050899.

Kaluthantrige, A., Feng, J., & Gil-Fernández, J. 2025. Convolutional-Neural-Network-Based Autonomous Navigation of Hera Mission Around Didymos, Journal of Guidance Control Dynamics, 48, 46. 10.2514/1.G008054.

 

2024:

​​​​​​Pugliatti, M., Scorsoglio, A., Furfaro, R., & Topputo, F. 2024. Onboard State Estimation Around Didymos With Recurrent Neural Networks and Segmentation Maps, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 60, 2542. 10.1109/TAES.2023.3288506

Freeman, A., Fesq, L., Matousek, S., Karimi, R., Zimmermann, R., Steckling, M., & Winter, M. 2024. IAA-PDC-23-09-20 low-cost mission architectures to small bodies, Acta Astronautica, 224, 122. 10.1016/j.actaastro.2024.08.014.

Fodde, I., Feng, J., Vasile, M., & Gil-Fernández, J. 2024. Design of Robust Ballistic Landings on the Secondary of a Binary Asteroid, Journal of Guidance Control Dynamics, 47, 2041. 10.2514/1.G007786.

Gramigna, E., et al. 2024. The Hera Radio Science Experiment at Didymos, Planetary and Space Science, 246, 105906. 10.1016/j.pss.2024.105906.

Chen, H., Hou, X., & Bando, M. 2024. Stable Orbiting Around Small Moons Using J2-Perturbed Elliptic Restricted Problem, Journal of Guidance Control Dynamics, 47, 1327. 10.2514/1.G008001.

Guan, W., Su, Y., Li, J., Dai, S., Ding, C., & Liu, Y. 2024. Applications of Ground-Penetrating Radar in Asteroid and Comet Exploration, Remote Sensing, 16, 2188. 10.3390/rs16122188.

Capannolo, A., Zanotti, G., Lavagna, M., & Cataldo, G. 2024. Formation flying orbits and GNC design in binary asteroid systems, Advances in Space Research, 73, 5714. 10.1016/j.asr.2023.07.040.

Korda, D., & Kohout, T. 2024. Silicate Mineralogy from Vis–NIR Reflectance Spectra, The Planetary Science Journal, 5, 85. 10.3847/PSJ/ad2685.

Voyatzis, G., Karydis, D., Gkolias, I., Gaitanas, M., & Tsiganis, K. 2024. Planar spacecraft trajectories in the Didymos-Dimorphos binary asteroid system, Planetary and Space Science, 240, 105825. 10.1016/j.pss.2023.105825.

 

2023:

​​​​​​​Peñarroya, P., Pugliatti, M., Ferrari, F., Centuori, S., Topputo, F., Vetrisano, M., & Sanjurjo-Rivo, M. 2023. CubeSat landing simulations on small bodies using blender, Advances in Space Research, 72, 2971. 10.1016/j.asr.2022.07.044

Raffa, S., Merisio, G., & Topputo, F. 2023. Finding regions of bounded motion in binary asteroid environment using Lagrangian descriptors, Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulations, 121, 107198. 10.1016/j.cnsns.2023.107198

Fodde, I., Feng, J., Riccardi, A., & Vasile, M. 2023. Robust stability and mission performance of a CubeSat orbiting the Didymos binary asteroid system, Acta Astronautica, 203, 577. 10.1016/j.actaastro.2022.12.021

​​​​​​​​​​Sergeyev, A. V., et al. 2023. Compositional properties of planet-crossing asteroids from astronomical surveys, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 679, A148. 10.1051/0004-6361/202346394.

Kaluthantrige, A., Feng, J., & Gil-Fernández, J. 2023. CNN-based Image Processing algorithm for autonomous optical navigation of Hera mission to the binary asteroid Didymos, Acta Astronautica, 211, 60. 10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.05.029.

Pugliatti, M., Piccolo, F., Rizza, A., Franzese, V., & Topputo, F. 2023. The vision-based guidance, navigation, and control system of Hera's Milani CubeSat, Acta Astronautica, 210, 14. 10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.04.047.

Fontcuberta, Í., Ferrari, F., & Topputo, F. 2023. Guidance and Control design for CubeSat small body landing using discrete firings of sliding mode control, Advances in Space Research, 72, 284. 10.1016/j.asr.2023.03.038.

Korda, D., Kohout, T., Flanderová, K., Vincent, J.-B., & Penttilä, A. 2023. (433) Eros and (25143) Itokawa surface properties from reflectance spectra, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 675, A50. 10.1051/0004-6361/202346290.

Bottiglieri, C., Piccolo, F., Giordano, C., Ferrari, F., & Topputo, F. 2023. Applied Trajectory Design for CubeSat Close-Proximity Operations around Asteroids: The Milani Case, Aerospace, 10, 464. 10.3390/aerospace10050464.

Rusconi, M., Ferrari, F., & Topputo, F. 2023. The effect of a rocky terrain for CubeSat landing on asteroid surfaces, Advances in Space Research, 71, 829. 10.1016/j.asr.2022.10.056.

 

2022:

Izzo, D., & Gómez, P. 2022. Geodesy of irregular small bodies via neural density fields, Communications Engineering, 1, 48. 10.1038/s44172-022-00050-3.

Yusuf, Y. O., Dufaure, A., Sorsa, L.-I., Eyraud, C., & Pursiainen, S. 2022. Investigation of wavelength-induced uncertainties in full-wave radar tomography of high contrast domain: An application to small solar system bodies, Icarus, 387, 115173. 10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115173.

Statler, T. S., et al. 2022. After DART: Using the First Full-scale Test of a Kinetic Impactor to Inform a Future Planetary Defense Mission, The Planetary Science Journal, 3, 244. 10.3847/PSJ/ac94c1.

Dibb, S. D., Bell, J. F., & Garvie, L. A. J. 2022. Spectral reflectance variations of aubrites, metal-rich meteorites, and sulfides: Implications for exploration of (16) Psyche and other "spectrally featureless" asteroids, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 57, 1570. 10.1111/maps.13891.

Michel, P., et al. 2022. The ESA Hera Mission: Detailed Characterization of the DART Impact Outcome and of the Binary Asteroid (65803) Didymos, The Planetary Science Journal, 3, 160. 10.3847/PSJ/ac6f52.

Jawin, E. R., et al. 2022. Global geologic map of asteroid (101955) Bennu indicates heterogeneous resurfacing in the past 500,000 years, Icarus, 381, 114992. 10.1016/j.icarus.2022.114992.

Raducan, S. D., & Jutzi, M. 2022. Global-scale Reshaping and Resurfacing of Asteroids by Small-scale Impacts, with Applications to the DART and Hera Missions, The Planetary Science Journal, 3, 128. 10.3847/PSJ/ac67a7.

Ferrari, F., & Tanga, P. 2022. Interior of top-shaped asteroids with cohesionless surface, Icarus, 378, 114914. 10.1016/j.icarus.2022.114914.

Li, X., Vincent, J.-B., Weller, R., & Zachmann, G. 2022. Numerical approach to synthesizing realistic asteroid surfaces from morphological parameters, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 659, A176. 10.1051/0004-6361/202140709.

 

2021:

Sorsa, L.-I., Pursiainen, S., & Eyraud, C. 2021. Analysis of full microwave propagation and backpropagation for a complex asteroid analogue via single-point quasi-monostatic data, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 645, A73. 10.1051/0004-6361/202039380.

Jean, I., Misra, A. K., & Ng, A. 2021. Controlled Spacecraft Trajectories in the Context of a Mission to a Binary Asteroid System, Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, 68, 38. 10.1007/s40295-021-00248-1.

Ferrari, F., Franzese, V., Pugliatti, M., Giordano, C., & Topputo, F. 2021. Trajectory Options for Hera's Milani CubeSat Around (65803) Didymos, Journal of the Astronautical Sciences,. 10.1007/s40295-021-00282-z.

Silvestrini, S., Piccinin, M., Capannolo, A., Lavagna, M., & Fernandez, J. G. 2021. Centralized Autonomous Relative Navigation of Multiple Cubesats around Didymos System, Journal of the Astronautical Sciences. doi: 10.1007/s40295-021-00268-x.

Ferrari, F., Franzese, V., Pugliatti, M., Giordano, C., and Topputo, F., “Preliminary mission profile of Hera's Milani CubeSat”, Advances in Space Research, vol. 67, no. 6, pp. 2010–2029, 2021. doi:10.1016/j.asr.2020.12.034

 

2020:

Volpe, R., Sabatini, M., Palmerini, G. B., and Mora, D., “Testing and Validation of an Image-Based, Pose and Shape Reconstruction Algorithm for Didymos Mission”, Aerotecnica Missili & Spazio, vol. 99, no. 1, pp. 17–32, 2020. doi:10.1007/s42496-020-00034-6.

Oliveira, T. C. and Prado, A. F. B. A., “Search for Stable Orbits around the Binary Asteroid Systems 1999 KW4 and Didymos”, Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica, vol. 56, pp. 113–128, 2020. doi:10.22201/ia.01851101p.2020.

 

2019:

Zhang, Y., Zeng, X., & Zhang, F. 2019. Spacecraft Hovering Flight in a Binary Asteroid System by Using Fuzzy Logic Control, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 55, 3246. 10.1109/TAES.2019.2906435

Jean, I., Ng, A., & Misra, A. K. 2019. Impact of solar radiation pressure modeling on orbital dynamics in the vicinity of binary asteroids, Acta Astronautica, 165, 167. 10.1016/j.actaastro.2019.09.003

Çelik, O., Sánchez, J. P., Karatekin, Ö., & Ritter, B. 2019. A comparative reliability analysis of ballistic deployments on binary asteroids, Acta Astronautica, 156, 308. 10.1016/j.actaastro.2018.03.020.

Herique, A. et al., 2019,  “A radar package for asteroid subsurface investigations: Implications of implementing and integration into the MASCOT nanoscale landing platform from science requirements to baseline design”, Acta Astronautica 156, 317-329, doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2018.03.058

Capannolo, A., Ferrari, F., and Lavagna, M., “Families of Bounded Orbits near Binary Asteroid 65803 Didymos”, Journal of Guidance Control Dynamics, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 189–198, 2019. doi:10.2514/1.G003437

Chabot, N. L., and Blair, S. “A new era in planetary defence missions”, ROOM 3, 94-99, 2019.

2018:

Gil-Fernandez, J., & Ortega-Hernando, G. 2018. Autonomous vision-based navigation for proximity operations around binary asteroids, CEAS Space Journal, 10, 287. 10.1007/s12567-018-0197-5.

Zannoni, M., and 7 colleagues 2018. Radio science investigations with the Asteroid impact mission. Advances in Space Research 62, 2273.

Perez, F., and 12 colleagues 2018. DustCube, a nanosatellite mission to binary asteroid 65803 Didymos as part of the ESA AIM mission. Advances in Space Research 62, 3335.

Pellacani, A., Kicman, P., Suatoni, M., Casasco, M., Gil, J., and Carnelli, I., “Design and validation of a GNC system for missions to asteroids: the AIM scenario”, CEAS Space Journal, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 555–566, 2018. doi:10.1007/s12567-017-0189-x.

Pellacani, A.et al., “Semi-autonomous attitude guidance using relative navigation based on line of sight measurements - Aim scenario”, Acta Astronautica vol. 152, pp. 496–508, 2018. doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2018.08.051.

Michel, P., and 26 colleagues 2018. European component of the AIDA mission to a binary asteroid: Characterization and interpretation of the impact of the DART mission. Advances in Space Research 62, 2261.

Lasagni Manghi, R., Modenini, D., Zannoni, M., and Tortora, P., “Preliminary orbital analysis for a CubeSat mission to the Didymos binary asteroid system”, Advances in Space Research, vol. 62, no. 8, pp. 2290–2305, 2018. doi:10.1016/j.asr.2017.12.014.

Lange, C. et al., “MASCOT2 - A small body lander to investigate the interior of 65803 Didymos′ moon in the frame of the AIDA/AIM mission”, Acta Astronautica, vol. 149, pp. 25–34, 2018. doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2018.05.013.

Kohout, T., and 9 colleagues 2018. Feasibility of asteroid exploration using CubeSats-ASPECT case study. Advances in Space Research 62, 2239.

Herique, A., and 57 colleagues 2018. Direct observations of asteroid interior and regolith structure: Science measurement requirements. Advances in Space Research 62, 2141.

Ferrari, F., Lavagna, M. 2018. Ballistic landing design on binary asteroids: The AIM case study. Advances in Space Research 62, 2245.

2017:

Damme, F., Hussmann, H., & Oberst, J. 2017. Spacecraft orbit lifetime within two binary near-Earth asteroid systems, Planetary and Space Science, 146. doi: 1. 10.1016/j.pss.2017.07.018.

2016:

​​​​​​​Michel, P., et al.,  “Science case for the Asteroid Impact Mission (AIM): A component of the Asteroid Impact & Deflection Assessment (AIDA) mission”, Advances in Space Research, vol. 57, no. 12, pp. 2529–2547, 2016. doi:10.1016/j.asr.2016.03.031.

2015:

Cheng, A. F., and 9 colleagues 2015. Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment mission. Acta Astronautica 115,262