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...
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...
