Laboratory Astrophysics and Space Research

The Interstellar Medium: A General Introduction.- Laboratory Astrophysics in Solar System Studies — An Overview.- Ice in the Interstellar Medium.- Water Ice on Comets and Satellites.- Physical and Mechanical Properties of Lunar and Planetary Soils.- Interstellar and Interplanetary Grains Recent developments and new opportunities for experimental chemistry.- Investigation on Planetary Atmospheres using Laboratory Simulation Experiments The example of Saturn’s Moon (Titan).- Space Plasma Phenomena: Laboratory Modeling I. Fields, Streams, Matter in Plasma.- Space Plasma Phenomena: Laboratory Modeling II. Waves and Particles in Plasma, Turbulence.- Carbon — From Space to Laboratory.- Physics and Chemistry of Impacts.- Radiation Physics.- Mass Spectrometers Developed for Planetary Missions.- Applications of Laser Desorption Mass Spectrometry (LDMS) to Cosmogeochemistry: Direct Analysis of Organic Compounds in Meteorites.- Aspects of Laboratory Dust Aggregation with Relevance to the Formation of Planetesimals.- Preparing for the 1998/99 Leonid Storms.- Light Scattering by Dust under Microgravity Conditions.- Microscopy in Space — Past and Future From macro via micro to nano.- Space Mission Support The Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn and Titan.- Mars Express: Mission Scenario and Objectives.- The ESA SMART-1 Mission From laboratory to Deep Space with Electric Propulsion.- The International Rosetta mission.- Space Robotics.- Lander Systems for Planetary Missions.- Simulation Experiments with Cometary Analogous Material.- Astrobiology Studies of Microbes in Simulated Interplanetary Space.- Addresses of editors and e-mail addresses of main authors.