The Dawn mission revolutionized our understanding of Ceres during the same decade that has also witnessed the rise of ocean worlds as a research and exploration focus. We will report progress on the Planetary Mission Concept Study (PMCS) on the future exploration of Ceres under the New Frontiers or Flagship program that was selected for NASA funding in October 2019. At the time this writing, the study was just kicked off, hence this abstract reports the study plan as presented in the proposal.


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    Title :

    NASA Planetary Mission Concept Study: Assessing: Dwarf Planet Ceres' past and Present Habitability Potential


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Lunar Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) ; 2020 ; The Woodlands, TX, United States


    Publication date :

    2020-03-16


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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