20 December 2021
China envisions crewed moon missions by 2030
... also send a 30-ton spacecraft to the moon, which is equivalent to four Chang'e-5 probes.” Expected to be a kerosene-liquid oxygen fuelled rocket, the former deputy chief designer of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Programme said that the technologies...
28 June 2019
NASA drone to search for signs of early life on Titan
.... “It’s remarkable to think of this rotorcraft flying miles and miles across the organic sand dunes of Saturn’s largest moon, exploring the processes that shape this extraordinary environment. Dragonfly will visit a world filled with a wide variety...
21 August 2019
InVADER robot to test technology for ocean world exploration
... our own planet. ESA has already given the green light for its JUICE - JUpiter ICy moons Explorer - mission to study the ice-covered world along with Ganymede, Callisto and now NASA has given...
28 July 2021
Hubble helps astronomers find first evidence of water vapour at Ganymede
... research has offered circumstantial evidence that Ganymede, the largest moon in the solar system, contains more water than all ... upcoming mission, JUICE, which stands for JUpiter ICy moons Explorer. JUICE is the first large-class mission in ESA's...
October 2017
Cassini observations open up Saturn’s atmosphere
...of Earth bound for the ringed giant, Saturn. This sophisticated interplanetary explorer went into orbit around Saturn in July 2004, offering an exciting...instrument, and Interdisciplinary Scientist for ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission.
02 January 2021
Life beneath glaciers is good news in the search for life on icy worlds
...life on other worlds, such as on the Jovian moons, Europa and Enceladus. Researchers have long thought that...ESA’s JUICE - JUpiter ICy moons Explorer - programme planned for launch in 2022, hone in on suitable areas to explore. "There's lots of ...
