Data analysis from the Rosetta mission is giving scientists at the European Space Agency a lot to ponder. The historic comet landing on 67P/ChuryumovGerasimenko last November has given humanity an unprecedented ...
... of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko at its closest approach to the sun have just been published by the European Space Agency. Amazing things – including jets and other outburst events – happen to comets at perihelion (the point in their orbit...
..., but last week, NASA said a final goodbye to its formidable first planet-hunting satellite Kepler, as the space agency sent its final set of commands to disconnect communications with Earth. Its retirement comes weeks after NASA...
... a long integration time. Hence, other missions under formulation include a rendezvous and even a lander. The Japanese space agency JAXA is even proposing an ambitious mission with a solar-sail spacecraft that would perform a sample return from...
...potential targets for up and coming interplanetary missions, the Japanese Space agency want to do things a little differently. Instead of touching...studies of the rover, both DLR and the French space agency CNES will then build the vehicle as a joint ...
... to Mars. NASA’s giant SLS rocket was poised to make a second attempt to fly today (Saturday) after the US space agency declared it had identified and fixed an engine issue that caused the postponement of the original launch attempt...