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,…
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.…
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: Phoenix Lander
This is part two in our feature, A Tale of Two Missions, looking at the 2001 Mars Odyssey satellite and the Phoenix lander. As we saw in part one, these…
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,…
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