... pattern is often seen as evidence that the outer planets formed in a cooler part of the solar system, where water ice can stay solid and clump together to make bigger and bigger planets. The pattern seen around...
... to make detailed surveys of the south polar region of the Moon, covering the terrain, geological composition, locations of water ice, and space environment. The mission may involve a rover and is expected to launch in 2023. The nation is already...
...; mapping the morphology and geological structure of Mars, investigating the surface soil characteristics and water-ice distribution and analysing the surface material composition. Mars’ climate, ionosphere and electromagnetic and gravitational...
.../2025, is being designed not just to inspect the terrain, but also to prospect it for resources such as lunar water ice in permanently shadowed regions of the Moon. This will be a big step up from Russia’s first series of robotic lunar...
... camera, and a meteorological measurer which will be used to produce surface maps, and to characterise soil composition and water ice distribution, during a mission expected to last about three months. Meanwhile, high up in the martian skies, the...
... mission will be used by scientists to hopefully learn more about the moon’s hidden oceans, strange geysers blasting water ice into space and whether any of these frozen worlds are hospitable for life. Mission scientists also...