Research

Publications

A selected bibliography of journal articles, conference papers, reports, and outreach publications.

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01

Bake in space: To boldly bake where nobody has baked before

2018
Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC

Sebastian D. Marcu, Ryan J.M. Laird, Neil Jaschinski

The current provisions for food in microgravity are not sustainable for future human space exploration missions to the Moon and especially to Mars. Life in space manages to address only the basic nutrition requirements and the technical challenges associated with...

Conference paper

02

Iaf microgravity sciences and processes symposium (A2) Life and Microgravity Sciences on board ISS and beyond (Part I) (6)

2018
Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC

Sebastian D. Marcu, Neil Jaschinski, Matthias Boehme, Ryan J.M. Laird, Florian Stukenborg

The objective of Bake in Space is to recreate the complete production cycle of bread making - from grain production to making freshly baked bread that is suitable for the unique environment of spacecraft in microgravity. The idea is to...

Conference paper

03

Rosetta and Philae: Captivating the hearts and minds of a global audience

2015
Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC

S.D. Marcu, R.J.M. Laird

Copyright © 2015 by Design & Data GmbH.In the final year leading up to Rosetta's approach to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and subsequent landing of Philae, an outreach campaign was initiated by the European Space Agency (ESA) using social media, participatory engagement...

Conference paper

04

SPACE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH SYMPOSIUM (E1) New Worlds-Innovative Space Education and Outreach (7)

2015

Mr Sebastian, Davis Marcu, Mr Ryan Laird

In the final year leading up to Rosetta's approach to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and subsequent landing of Philae, an outreach campaign was initiated by the European Space Agency (ESA) using social media, participatory engagement and storytelling techniques as a means to...

Report

05

Visible-Wavelength Survey of Jupiter-Family Cometary Nuclei as Part of SEPPCoN

2012
Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2012

Y R Fernandez, S C Lowry, K J Meech, R Laird, A Fitzsimmons, C Snodgrass, P R Weissman, J Pittichova, J M Bauer, H A Weaver, others

Journal article

06

Nature

Colin Snodgrass, Cecilia Tubiana, Jean-Baptiste Vincent, Holger Sierks, Stubbe Hviid, Richard Moissl, Hermann Boehnhardt, Cesare Barbieri, Detlef Koschny, Philippe Lamy, Hans Rickman, Rafael Rodrigo, Benoît Carry, Stephen C Lowry, Ryan J M Laird, Paul R Weissman, Alan Fitzsimmons, Simone Marchi

The peculiar object P/2010 A2 was discovered in January 2010 and given a cometary designation because of the presence of a trail of material, although there was no central condensation or coma. The appearance of this object, in an asteroidal...

Journal article

07

American Astronomical Society

Colin Snodgrass, C. Tubiana, J. Vincent, H. Sierks, S. Hviid, R. Moissl, H. Boehnhardt, C. Barbieri, D. Koschny, P. Lamy, H. Rickman, R. Rodrigo, B. Carry, S. C. Lowry, R. J. M. Laird, P. R. Weissman, A. Fitzsimmons, S. Marchi, OSIRIS Team

The discovery of P/2010 A2 by the LINEAR survey in January 2010 revealed an object displaying a large trail of material similar in shape to a cometary tail although no central condensation or coma could be detected. The appearance of...

Journal article

08

Visible-wavelength Observations of Jupiter-family Comet Nuclei as Part of Seppcon.

2010
AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts# 42

Jana Pittichova, SC Lowry, R Laird, MF A'Hearn, JM Bauer, H Campins, Y Fernández, A Fitzsimmons, O Groussin, H Hsieh, others

Conference paper

12

Post Iron Group Elements in DO Stars

2008
Hydrogen-Deficient Stars

DD Boyce, MA Barstow, PD Dobbie, JH Aston, BC Booles, SP Preval, RJM Laird, FA James, JK Barstow, AE Forbes

Conference paper

13

A collision in 2009 as the origin of the debris trail of asteroid P/2010 A2

Colin Snodgrass, Cecilia Tubiana, Jean-Baptiste Vincent, Holger Sierks, Stubbe Hviid, Richard Moissl, Hermann Boehnhardt, Cesare Barbieri, Detlef Koschny, Philippe Lamy, Hans Rickman, Rafael Rodrigo, Benoît Carry, Stephen C Lowry, Ryan J M Laird, Paul R Weissman, Alan Fitzsimmons, Simone Marchi, Osiris Team

Report