14 August 2015
Fun in the sun with Rosetta: comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko at perihelion
... 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...
19 November 2018
Kepler officially retires after receiving final "goodnight" commands
..., 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...
March 2016
Searching for water in the Solar System
... 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...
05 July 2019
JAXA, DLR to cooperate on Martian moons mission
...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 ...
03 September 2022
Hydrogen fuel leak scuppers second Artemis 1 launch attempt
... 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...
13 March 2015
New rockets on the scene: ESA approves Ariane 6, Vega-C
... Joint Venture (JV) “naturally assumes an in-principle agreement for the transfer to the JV of shares in Arianespace held by” the French space agency, CNES. A decision on that issue has not yet been made. CNES owns 34.68 percent of Arianespace. The...
