Krüger, H.: Zwei Jahre beim Kometen 67P/Tschurjumow-Gerassimenko - Die Kometenmission Rosetta. Physik in unserer Zeit 06/2016 (47), pp. 274 - 281 (2016)
Podolak, M.; Flandes, A.; Della Corte, V.; Krüger, H.: A simple model for understanding the DIM dust measurement at comet 67P/ChuryumovGerasimenko. Planetary and Space Science 133, pp. 85 - 89 (2016)
Giri, C.; Goesmann, F.; Steele, A.; Gautier, T.; Steininger, H.; Krüger, H.; Meierhenrich, U. J.: Competence evaluation of COSAC flight spare model mass spectrometer: In preparation of arrival of Philae lander on comet 67P/ChuryumovGerasimenko. Planetary and Space Science 106, pp. 132 - 141 (2015)
Krüger, H.; Strub, P.; Grün, E.; Sterken, V. J.: Sixteen Years of Ulysses Interstellar Dust Measurements in the Solar System. I. Mass Distribution and Gas-To-Dust Mass Ratio. Astrophysical Journal 812, pp. 139 - 154 (2015)
Sterken, V. J.; Strub, P.; Krüger, H.; von Steiger, R.; Frisch, P.: Sixteen Years of Ulysses Interstellar Dust Measurements in the Solar System. III. Simulations and Data Unveil New Insights into Local Interstellar Dust. Astrophysical Journal 812, pp. 141 - 165 (2015)
Strub, P.; Krüger, H.; Sterken, V. J.: Sixteen Years of Ulysses Interstellar Dust Measurements in the Solar System. II. Fluctuations in the Dust Flow from the Data. Astrophysical Journal 812, pp. 140 - 154 (2015)
Hornung, K.; Kissel, J.; Fischer, H.; Mellado, E. M.; Kulikov, O.; Hilchenbach, M.; Krüger, H.; Engrand, C.; Langevin Yves Massimiliano Rossi a, F. R. K. e.: Collecting cometary dust particles on metal blacks with the COSIMA instrument onboard ROSETTA. Planetary and Space Science 103, pp. 309 - 317 (2014)
Krüger, H.: Kometen - Kleinkörper aus Eis und Staub; Neue Erkenntnisse der Kometenforschung. Interstellarum Themenheft Kometen (1/2014), pp. 16 - 23 (2014)
The Planetary Plasma Environments group (PPE) has a strong heritage in the exploration of planetary magnetospheres and space plasma interactions throughout the solar system. It has contributed instruments to several past missions that flew-by or orbited Jupiter (Galileo, Cassini, Ulysses). The PPE participates in the JUICE mission by contributing hardware and scientific expertise to the Particle Environment Package (PEP).
The MPS instruments on board ESA’s JUICE spacecraft have successfully completed their commissioning in space - and delivered their first observational data.
The launch was successful; the ESA’s space probe JUICE is now on its way to the Jupiter system. There, it will primarily study the gas giant's icy moons.
ESA's space probe is on the move: First it heads for the launch site in Kourou - and in April it will begin its long journey to Jupiter and its icy moons.
On Good Friday the Mercury probe BepiColombo will fly past Earth. Scientific instruments on board with MPS participation will use the opportunity to record their first scientific data
Ulrich Christensen, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, receives one of the highest awards of the American Geophysical Union.