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 ...
20 October 2017
NASA Psyche mission to use laser communication
... at a large aperture ground telescope at Palomar Mountain Observatory in California, near San Diego. "Having our robotic mission test technology that we hope will help us eventually communicate with people in deep space is excellent integration...
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...
June 2015
European lab in the sky: OP-SAT and new potential for ESA spacecraft
... associate space with the latest and greatest technology. This is sometimes true, because operating a complex robotic mission in a very challenging environment millions of kilometres away is not easy. However, these challenges also produce a paradox...
