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Lunar Exploration Will Continue With India’s Chandrayaan-2 Mission

Posted on June 18, 2010 by admin

The exploration of our own moon will continue with an ambitious mission called Chandrayaan-2, a collaboration between the Indian Space Research Organization and Roscosmos, the Russian Federal Space Agency. The mission, which will be launched in 2012 or 2013, will … Continue reading →

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The Exploration of Mars’ Largest Moon Will Continue With the Phobos Grunt Mission

Posted on May 17, 2010 by admin

The exploration of Phobos, the larger of Mars’ two moons, will continue with Phobos Grunt, a Russian mission to be launched next year.  Roscosmos, the Russian national space agency, is planning to put a lander down on Phobos and return … Continue reading →

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The Exploration of Mars Continues With ESA’s ExoMars Mission

Posted on April 25, 2010 by admin

Mars is being invaded! Already our orbiters are orbiting, our landers are landing and our rovers are roving- and more of them are on the way. Over the next few years, the red planet will be subjected to an array … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Missions: Mars Odyssey satellite

Posted on March 17, 2010 by admin

The exploration of Mars by unmanned satellites and landers is proceeding at a brisk pace. Over the last few years, several impressive pieces of hardware have been sent to Mars, and the science that they are sending us is filling … Continue reading →

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Search for Two Mars Landers to Continue

Posted on January 14, 2010 by admin

As our closest neighbor in the solar system, Mars is the planet which has been most closely studied. Over the years a number of spacecraft and landing craft have been sent to the planet and these have met with varying … Continue reading →

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