09 March 2016
Components of ExoMars 2016 come together in preparation of launch next week
...mission to Mars. ExoMars 2016 is one part of ESA’s robotic mission to hunt for signs of life on the Red Planet. Two missions ...the other is planned with a launch date of 2018. This latter mission includes a rover that will carry a drill and a suite of ...
21 March 2018
NASA aims for the Moon with commercial help
...-focused exploration campaign to increase science activities near and on the Moon, with a series of increasing complex commercial robotic missions, and an ultimate aim to return humans to the lunar surface. In the last few days, the agency has...
29 November 2019
Hera mission is approved as ESA receives biggest ever budget
... on lunar activities, including subscription for the iHAB and ESPRIT modules for the Lunar Gateway, lunar robotic missions, and the European service module for NASA’s Orion spacecraft. Another big winner of the meeting was...
27 December 2019
Mars 2020 aeroshell’s impressive pedigree
...or upper section. Like everyone else working on NASA’s next robotic mission to Mars, and anxiously awaiting some good news at JPL, ...and matches its 4.5 metre girth for a planetary mission record, Lockheed Martin has actually strengthened the aluminum-...
11 June 2021
China unveils new Mars images, and prepares to launch first astronauts to space station
..., Zhang Rongqiao, chief designer of China's first Mars exploration mission unveiled four new images of Mars that include the landing site... equipment and propellant for the upcoming crewed Shenzhou-12 mission. Both the core module and cargo craft are ...
24 January 2022
Solar sail mission will intercept and study small asteroid
...the camera has a resolution of less than 10 cm per pixel, the mission’s science team anticipate being able to determine whether 2020 GE is solid ...than March. The mission will act as a nimble scout for future human and robotic missions that may utilise...
