Lunar Exploration Will Continue With India's Chandrayaan-2 Mission
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…
The Exploration of Mars’ Largest Moon Will Continue With the Phobos Grunt Mission
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…
Waterworlds: New Research Says We Will Probably Find Them Someday
This is an article about waterworlds, and the search for them. It now appears likely that such planets do exist somewhere in the universe, and if we go far enough,…
The Planck Space Observatory Is Watching the Universe Being Born
In most of our articles, we have looked at the worlds in our own solar system, or orbiting relatively nearby stars. There’s so much going on in our neighborhood, it’s…
ESA Launches Cryosat-2 on a Mission to Study Earth’s Ice
The European Space Agency launched its CryoSat-2 satellite today (April 8, 2010), thus completing the third phase of its Earth Explorer Series. The satellite will give us our best picture…
ESA’s Cassini-Huygens Mission Probes the Saturn System
The Cassini-Huygens Saturn mission, a joint effort by NASA, the European Space Agency and Italy’s Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, is one of the most successful and long-lasting space projects ever launched.…
Japan’s Venus Climate Orbiter Will Probe the Secrets of the Planet’s Atmosphere
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has recently announced what is hopefully the final launch date for its Venus Climate Orbiter. After several delays and changes of schedule, the date…
The Caverns of Phobos Exploring the Hollow Moon of Mars
The European Space Agency’s Mars Express satellite, which is in orbit around the red planet, is presently conducting a series of flybys of Phobos, the larger of Mars’ two moons. …
A Tale of Two Missions: Mars Odyssey satellite
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,…
India’s Chandrayaan-1 Is Adding to Our Understanding of the Moon
There was a time when the words “space exploration” could only mean one thing: the highly competitive, secretive space race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. They were the…
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