21 June 2017
LISA gets green light from ESA
... also been given the green light, following its selection in February 2014. PLATO is the third medium-class mission in ESA's Cosmic Vision programme and its aim is to find and study a large number of extrasolar planetary systems...
25 October 2021
NASA is targeting Feb 2022 for first Artemis launch
...period in February would enable what NASA calls “long class” mission profiles running about six weeks in duration, Sarafin said.... will stay for at least six days for a “short class” mission. A successful flight would be a major milestone for NASA ...
28 July 2021
Hubble helps astronomers find first evidence of water vapour at Ganymede
...Agency)'s upcoming mission, JUICE, which stands for JUpiter ICy moons Explorer. JUICE is the first large-class mission in ESA's...of the spacecraft," added Roth. Right now, NASA's Juno mission is taking a close look at Ganymede and recently released new...
June 2015
Ultimate sunbather: NASA and ESA collaborate on Solar Orbiter
...class mission in the European Space Agency’s Cosmic Vision programme, due for launch in 2018. It builds on the agency’s hugely successful missions.... Design challenges As befits such an ambitious mission, there are a number of design challenges....
11 June 2021
Then there were 3: ESA selects revolutionary Venus mission EnVision
... to determine how and why Venus and Earth evolved so differently. The mission was selected by ESA’s Science Programme Committee on 10 June as the fifth Medium-class mission in the Agency’s Cosmic Vision plan, targeting a launch in the early 2030s...
October 2017
Exploring Jupiter’s icy moons
... investigation from Earth. The satellite is powered by batteries and 97 m2 of solar arrays, providing 840 W at Jupiter at the end of mission. The spacecraft communicates in X and Ka bands through its high-gain and medium gain antennas, also used...
