October 2018
The ethics of space exploration
... straight from Roman mythology. The first launch of the Saturn V carried an Apollo Command and Service Module that was... open-pit mines on the Moon? The first launch of the Saturn V, for example, carried an Apollo Command and Service Module that was...
June 2019
The challenge of planetary protection
... applies only to Mars, Jupiter’s moon Europa and Saturn’s Enceladus, with most stringent constraints for sample return... the discretion of the user. The tortured surface of Saturn’s moon Enceladus and its fascinating ongoing geological activity is ...
January 2020
Small body missions unveil interplanetary secrets
... atmospheres. We find many small bodies in the rings of Saturn and don’t understand yet whether they are the sources or sinks... flakes that make up the rings melt and rain down on Saturn, which indicates that the rings will waste away sooner than we...
October 2020
Space 2069 - back to the Moon, to Mars and beyond
...asteroid belt and beyond to the gas giants of Jupiter and Saturn, and the ice giants of Uranus and Neptune in the cold.... A human voyage to Jupiter and its remarkable moons, to Saturn’s moon Titan and the beguiling Enceladus belongs to the centuries to...
January 2022
Earth - no longer humanity’s only home
..., weeks-long mission duration, the Apollo capsule, the Saturn rockets and the lunar lander. Our spaceflight capability today ...SLS), a new rocket that will be more powerful than the Saturn V and will provide the heavy lifting for the systems needed...
February 2022
A manifesto for Europe in space
...our solar system then the icy moons around Jupiter and Saturn are possible places where it could be preserved. This ... in our solar system then these icy moons around Jupiter and Saturn are possible places where it could be preserved. It would be...
