June 2020
Titan’s evolving atmosphere
... to the dinitrogen-filled skies that we see today. However, recent data from the Rosetta mission to the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, on its isotopic and noble gas constraints, suggests that a large abundance of nitrogen-bearing complex...
12 March 2015
ESA re-entry vehicle could pave way for reusable launcher
... is among the best worldwide, with the ATV (space station supply ship) and the Rosetta mission (to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko). “We believe the return capability is running behind,” Tumino said. “We never closed the loop on the...
03 January 2017
What did 2016 do for us?
... and Philae’s final resting place was found shortly before Rosetta ended its mission by crash landing on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenk. Back on Earth, SpaceX went from strength to strength, as did Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin...
16 March 2020
Porous nature of Ryugu suggests formation from fluffy particles, new study says
... arise from “surface materials different from carbonaceous chondrites, such as the organic surface-rich material discovered on comet 67P/Churymov-Gerasimenko.” This say the team, can be answered more conclusively once the samples winging their...
