16 September 2019
First European satellite with AI set for launch
..., or PhiSat, this revolutionary AI technology will fly on one of the two CubeSats that make up the FSSCat mission – an innovative mission concept consisting of two 6U Cubesats in support of the Copernicus Land and Marine Environment service. The two...
29 April 2020
NASA's new solar sail system to be tested on-board NanoAvionics' satellite
...solar sail system. The aim of the ACS3 mission is to replace conventional rocket propellants by developing ...powered propulsion system, eventually leading to more marvelous deep-space missions following the first inter-planetary CubeSats MarCO-A and B ...
17 May 2021
China's Zhurong rover touches down on Mars
... and people will always remember your outstanding achievements." He encouraged those involved to continue working hard in the mission's next steps. Vice-Premiers Han Zheng and Liu He were at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center in the...
March 2018
Plumes on Europa - tasting an extra-terrestrial ocean
... for such a confirmation until either JUICE or NASA’s Europa Clipper mission arrive at the ice moon in the early 2030s. Artist’s concept...detectability of Europa’s water vapour plumes from a flyby mission” 2017. Icarus, volume 289. doi:10.1016/j.icarus...
21 July 2017
A new way to search for gravitational waves?
... first suggested in 1990 by a different team of scientists, however missions such as Gaia were not available at the time to test such...been collected for another high-profile mission. Perhaps data from other missions such as the PLATO satellite, which...
15 September 2017
A sad farewell as Cassini takes its final plunge...
...give us a greater understanding of Saturn and its moons, will end its mission by plummeting into the very object it was sent to study. Today, ...five months, Cassini has been completing its Grand Finale mission; a series of 22 orbits that each pass ...
