November 2018
BepiColombo – a mission to explore Mercury
...its environment from dedicated polar orbits. Days on Mercury are quite long compared to Earth. Mercury’s rotation period is about 58.6 Earth days, while its orbital period is about 88 Earth days. A solar day on Mercury therefore lasts two orbits (two...
12 June 2020
NASA picks Astrobotic to fly VIPER to the Moon
...its Griffin lander, launch from Earth, and landing on the Moon. During its 100-Earth-day mission, the approximately 1,000-pound... insights into the evolution of the Moon and the Earth-Moon system. NASA has previously contracted with three companies...
October 2021
Mining lunar hydrogen
... passes into shadow settles back onto the surface. Given that the length of the lunar day and night is about 14 Earth-days, it stands to reason that the aqueous vapour thermal emission over the lunar regolith surface...
February 2020
Preserving our space heritage
... the UK has significant expertise. Visitors look through virtual reality (VR) goggles at one of NASA’s exhibits at the Earth Day event on Thursday, April 19, 2018 at Union Station in Washington, D.C. It should also be noted that, although the costs...
June 2020
Titan’s evolving atmosphere
... of our own planet but of habitable conditions in the solar system and beyond. Complex atmosphere A day on Titan lasts a lengthy 16 Earth-days and it orbits Saturn at a considerable distance - around 1.2 million kilometres compared to just 384,400...
