That’s enough to start work on a European radar for Envision, even as ESA still awaits a formal notification from […]
Category: planetary science
After 8 years, Europe’s BepiColombo mission is on final approach to Mercury
The hottest news in space “Fundamentally, we want to learn about the origins of this planet and how it came […]
Without new landers or rovers, it’s helicopters or bust for NASA’s Mars program
NASA’s cost estimate for SR-1 Freedom is $2.1 billion, but that doesn’t include the helicopters. One of AeroVironment’s prototype Mars […]
A martian rock has lots of carbon on it, and it’s not clear why
NASA’s Perseverance rover has spent five years traversing Jezero Crater looking for the chemical leftovers of whatever processes were at […]
After nearly breaking, NASA’s Deep Space Network “worked well” on Artemis II
“Some missions are using more than what their paperwork would say.” File photo of the 70-meter antenna at NASA’s Goldstone […]
After 11 years at Mars, NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft went out with a whisper
“I think the team has really experienced the loss of a loved one with the end of the mission.” The […]
JWST maps the weather on a hot gas giant 700 light-years away
Cloudy with a chance of excessive heat The differences seen here could be throwing off how we study planetary atmospheres. […]
“I’ll buy 10 of those”—NASA science chief yearns for mass-produced satellites
“How in the hell do I get more science into space? That is my goal.” Saturn’s moon Enceladus peeks over […]
Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab make a breakthrough in rotor technology
Skip to content Testing shows rotor blades won’t disintegrate when they spin at supersonic speed. Artist’s illustration of the SkyFall […]
The Moon is already on Google Maps—did Artemis II really tell us anything new?
“I think the biggest value here is the PR. I mean, it’s getting the public excited.” A crescent Moon, a […]