China’s Chang’e 4 Probe Makes Historic Landing on the Far Side of the Moon
China’s Chang’e 4 probe successfully landed on the far side of the Moon on Thursday, January 3, at 10:26 am (Beijing time). This is the first mission to land on […]
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ROSES-18 Amendment 13: C.23 ICEE 2 Final Text Released
This amendment presents final text for program element C.23 Instrument Concepts for Europa Exploration 2. The Instrument Concepts for Europa Exploration (ICEE) 2 program supports the development of instruments and sample […]
Single Site on Mars Advanced for 2016 InSight Lander
NASA’s next mission to Mars, scheduled to launch one year from today to examine the Red Planet’s deep interior and investigate how rocky planets like Earth evolved, now has one […]
NASA and ESA Celebrate 10 Years Since Titan Landing
Ten years ago, an explorer from Earth parachuted into the haze of an alien moon toward an uncertain fate. After a gentle descent lasting more than two hours, it landed […]
‘Lost’ 2003 Mars Lander Found by Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
The Beagle 2 Mars Lander, built by the United Kingdom, has been thought lost on Mars since 2003, but has now been found in images from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. […]
Rosetta Lander Captured Before/After Bounce
Images taken by the Rosetta spacecraft’s OSIRIS imaging system show the portions of the journey its Philae comet lander undertook on Nov. 12, as it approached and then rebounded off […]
Rosetta’s Comet Landing Site Close Up
A mosaic from the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft shows “Site J,” the primary landing site on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko for the mission’s Philae lander. Rosetta is the first mission to […]
Rosetta: Landing Site Search Narrows
The European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission has chosen five candidate landing sites on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko for its Philae lander. Philae’s descent to the comet’s nucleus, scheduled for this November, will […]