| 单词 | orbiter |
| 例句 | The Viking orbiter pictures improved this figure only slightly. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z This was one reason that each Viking lander was carried into Mars orbit with its orbiter, and descent delayed until the orbiter surveyed the landing site. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, the main character, other than the author, is her friend Omar, an "orbiter integrity clerk" charged with guarding the vehicle Discovery. 'Leaving Orbit' cheers spaceflight's feats, mourns its fading 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z The way it feels to be orbited depends on your relationship to the orbiter. Orbiting, Another Thing for Online Daters to Worry About 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z Black-and-white moon pictures from lunar orbiters of 1966 and ’67, for example, originated on 70-millimeter film that was developed aboard the craft itself, then scanned and transmitted to Earth. Exhibition Review: ?Beyond,? the Solar System at Air and Space Museum 2010-07-28T22:01:00Z Distant methods of digital observation — likes, views, etc. — are what binds the orbiter and the orbited. Orbiting, Another Thing for Online Daters to Worry About 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z She said that orbiters avoid liking family photos or scenic pictures. Orbiting, Another Thing for Online Daters to Worry About 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z For its grand finale, the orbiter is being plunged into Saturn’s atmosphere in a dive that will destroy it. Led by a Vietnam War Opus, a Rich Season of Documentaries 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z Days earlier during its liftoff, a piece of foam had struck the shuttle’s heat shield with such force that it allowed hot gases to enter the orbiter’s left wing. If planes failed like space shuttles, 272 would crash daily 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z The Chang’e-5 probe landed Tuesday on the Sea of Storms on the moon after descending from an orbiter, the China National Space Administration said. China collects moon samples to study on Earth 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z The Red Planet already is teeming with active spacecraft, including NASA’s Opportunity and Curiosity rovers on the surface, and Odyssey, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Maven orbiter from high above. NASA revives Mars lander mission 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z This week’s installations mark the latest milestone in the six-month mission to assemble the permanent exhibit for Endeavour, the last space shuttle orbiter ever built. A successful liftoff: Space shuttle Endeavour's rockets are installed 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z Finally, the installation of the Endeavour orbiter will occur no earlier than the last week of January. Endeavour assembly at Science Center starts with lifting 52-ton rockets into place. Piece o’ cake 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z In an ambitious international effort combining imagery from every spacecraft circling Mars—involving orbiters from the U.S., ‘Monster Quake’ Hints at Mysterious Source within Mars 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z The shuttle “stack” — assembly of the boosters, external tank and orbiter — will be completed before construction of the rest of the museum is finished around it. Huge rocket motors arrive at Los Angeles museum for space shuttle Endeavour display 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z That means the journey of this equipment will occur far more easily and faster than the transport of the Endeavour orbiter in 2012 and the orange external tank in 2016. Space shuttle's rockets will be trucked through SoCal roads Tuesday and Wednesday 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z It will be the only surviving U.S. orbiter displayed in this position. A successful liftoff: Space shuttle Endeavour's rockets are installed 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z When the orbiter settled to the surface to collect a sample in October of 2020, Bennu’s consistency made the attempt harrowing, with the spacecraft’s sampling arm plunging unexpectedly deep into Bennu’s rubble pile. NASA delivers bounty of asteroid samples to Earth 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z Its orbiter continues to circle and study the Moon to this day. India's Chandrayaan-3 Spacecraft Successfully Lands On The Moon 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z The site was selected based on high-resolution images from lunar orbiters. Explainer: Japan's moon landing: When is it and why is it important? 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z Pragyaan will communicate only with the lander which will send the information to the orbiter from Chandrayaan-2 - which is still circling the Moon - to pass it on to the Earth for analysis. Chandrayaan-3: India lunar rover Pragyaan takes a walk on the Moon 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z The Endeavour orbiter will be installed no earlier than the last week of January. A successful liftoff: Space shuttle Endeavour's rockets are installed 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z It has successfully landed on asteroids, with space vehicles returning to earth with data, and has also placed orbiters over both the moon and Venus. India makes history with landing near moon’s South Pole 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z India's second lunar mission, which also attempted to soft-land there in 2019, was unsuccessful - its lander and rover were destroyed, though its orbiter survived. Chandrayaan-3: India makes historic landing near Moon's south pole 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z The spacecraft with an orbiter, lander and a rover lifted off on 14 July from the Sriharikota space centre in south India. Chandrayaan-3: India's Moon lander Vikram aims for historic lunar south pole landing 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z The spacecraft with an orbiter, lander and a rover lifted off on 14 July. Chandrayaan-3: Historic India mission enters Moon orbit, aiming for south pole 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z Since Endeavour’s arrival at the center in 2012, the orbiter has been on display in the temporary Samuel Oschin Pavilion, essentially a warehouse, where it will be shown until Dec. 31. A successful liftoff: Space shuttle Endeavour's rockets are installed 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z The new location will give guests views from multiple platforms, including from beneath the orbiter’s three main engines as well as from above, looking through a glass floor directly at its nose. Space shuttle Endeavour makes one more voyage to its final destination at a new space center 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Its orbiter continues to circle and study the Moon even today, but the lander-rover failed to make a soft landing and crashed during touchdown. Chandrayaan-3: India set to launch historic Moon mission 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z The European Space Agency released the first batch of imagery from the Meteosat orbiter last week, revealing flickers of lightning over regions of Western Europe, Africa and South America. Lightning Can Strike, but It Can’t Hide From a New Satellite 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z Chandrayaan-2 wasn’t a complete failure, however, because it did deploy India's second lunar orbiter, which continues to provide valuable data for lunar science, as well as future exploration planning. India Aims for the Moon with Launch of Chandrayaan-3 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z And he laid the groundwork for NASA’s plan to launch an orbiter to circle Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons, to search for extraterrestrial life. Firouz Naderi, NASA Scientist Who Led Mars Missions, Dies at 77 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z “When the Space Shuttle orbiter was coming back into the Earth’s atmosphere, you would typically get to sonic booms,” Brickhouse said. What is a sonic boom? A rare sound with a rich history, heard in the skies over Washington 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z On April 24 the U.A.E. announced that its orbiter, Hope, had studied the smaller of Mars’s two moons, Deimos. Where Did Mars’s Moons Come From? 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z The rover would have been the U.A.E.’s second spacecraft beyond Earth orbit: the nation also operates the Hope Mars orbiter. Japanese Moon Landing Attempt Falls Short as Spacecraft Goes Silent 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z In 1976, NASA's Viking 2 orbiter got as close as 19 miles above the surface of Deimos, although its cameras and other equipment were much more primitive that Hope's. Everything we thought we knew about Mars' moon Deimos could be wrong 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z The success of the Hope orbiter may point to more exciting science to come. The Smallest Moon of Mars May Not Be What It Seemed 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z The number of intruders is only growing as constellations of satellites proliferate, with companies planning to launch orbiters by the tens of thousands to transmit internet and other communications signals back to Earth. Satellites Threaten Astronomy, but a Few Scientists See an Opportunity 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z The orbiters are used as transport and so-called tracking layer satellites will provide very fast communications links. Gen. Mark Milley blames Congress in part for mounting tensions with China 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Once in orbit, the sample capsule would rendezvous with a European orbiter, which would ferry the samples back to Earth for a landing in 2033. NASA’s Perseverance Rover May Already Have Evidence of Ancient Martian Life 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Because the event likely battered Uranus’s interior, an orbiter that can detect fluctuations in the planet’s gravitational field would be able to map any internal anomalies created by the giant smashup. NASA’s Uranus Mission Is Running Out of Time 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Some were orbiters that would study martian winds, weather, or tiny variations in the planet’s gravitational pull. NASA lays out vision for robotic Mars exploration 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z It was made to carry the Buran, the orbiter in the short-lived Soviet space shuttle program. Restoring a Giant Plane: Ukrainian Resilience or Folly? 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z The European Space Agency plans to launch an orbiter called EnVision. How did Venus become such a hot mess? Volcanic discovery offers clues. 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z In the next ten years or so, the Moon will be the target of hundreds of orbiters and landers, each of which could create radio noise. Are Telescopes on the Moon Doomed? 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z The orbiter will thus make global observations while the probe will plunge through the atmosphere itself, taking measurements at a greater depth. NASA’s Uranus Mission Is Running Out of Time 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z There it would rendezvous with yet another vehicle, a European-built orbiter, that could transport the precious cargo back to Earth for analysis with the best possible lab instruments. Strange DNA found in the desert offers lessons in the hunt for Mars life 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z NASA’s Mars reconnaissance orbiter camera captured an unusual formation that — much to the delight of scientists and space watchers — looked like the shape of a bear’s face, hundreds of millions of miles away. A bear’s face on Mars? NASA captures unusual features on planet’s surface. 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Reviewing data from NASA's Galileo orbiter, whose mission ended in 2003, scientists learned that the briny oceans beneath Europa's icy crust are not alone. Why aliens were in the news so much in 2022 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z Strangely, though, orbiters have detected magnetic signatures in lavas a few hundred million years younger, from other parts of Mars, suggesting the field had somehow survived longer than the basins let on. Mars had long-lived magnetic field, extending chances for life 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z The orbiter will also peer outward to image the planet’s faint rings—which by some estimates seem to defy the laws of physics. NASA’s Uranus Mission Is Running Out of Time 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z A robotic South Korean orbiter, Danuri, was launched to the moon in August. Next Launch to the Moon: A Japanese Company’s Lunar Lander 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z In the meantime, however, despite observations by Voyager 1 in 1980 and the Cassini Saturn orbiter and its Huygens lander in 2004-5, planetary scientists’ models of Titan’s atmospheric dynamics were still only tentative. Telescopes Team Up to Forecast an Alien Storm on Titan 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z But Barentine says even a small crew of these larger, flashier orbiters will obstruct ground-based telescopes’ ability to detect space objects—including potentially hazardous asteroids. Giant satellite outshines stars, sparking fresh concerns for astronomers 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z Postponing Veritas, an orbiter that will map Venus’s surface in fine detail, will free up the staff needed to complete Psyche and two multibillion-dollar projects, the Europa Clipper and Mars sample return missions. News at a glance: A new antibiotic, COVID-19 in Antarctica, and a Venus mission deferred 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z While some scientists will use the orbiter to search for small shepherding moons, others will scrutinize the planet’s larger satellites. NASA’s Uranus Mission Is Running Out of Time 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Scientists who were looking through images from the orbiter spotted craters on the surface left by each of the impacts, and were able to pinpoint the dates on which they formed. Dying NASA Spacecraft Records Epic ‘Marsquakes’ 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z The crater’s first appearance in images taken from the orbiter coincided with the seismic signal registered by the instrument of the surface. Big rocks slam into Mars, gouge craters, reveal subsurface features 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z A separate study last month linked a recent series of smaller Martian meteoroid impacts with smaller craters closer to InSight, using data from the same lander and orbiter. Two NASA spacecraft detect biggest meteor strikes at Mars 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z It was so big that it was visible in daily global weather images taken by another camera on the orbiter. When Meteors Shook Mars, NASA Was Listening and Watching 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z To verify this tantalizing possibility, the orbiter will monitor the moons’ magnetic fields to see if any of the fields vary as a result of the internal sloshings of liquid water. NASA’s Uranus Mission Is Running Out of Time 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z In May, researchers analysed infrared images of the landing site taken by China’s Mars orbiter, Tianwen-1, and found hydrated minerals that could have formed when groundwater rose through the rock or ice melted. China’s Mars Rover Finds Hints of Catastrophic Floods 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z The orbiter often sees the results of small impacts, leaving a feature at most a few meters in diameter. Big rocks slam into Mars, gouge craters, reveal subsurface features 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Scientists also learned the lander and orbiter teamed up for an earlier meteoroid strike, more than double the distance of the December one and slightly smaller. Two NASA spacecraft detect biggest meteor strikes at Mars 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z So the orbiter’s cameras looked around that epicenter, located about 4,600 miles from InSight, and spotted a crater there about 426 feet in diameter. When Meteors Shook Mars, NASA Was Listening and Watching 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z “There are no Uranus orbiters sitting on a shelf in Walmart that you can just swipe a credit card, buy and put together,” says Casey Dreier, chief of space policy at the Planetary Society. NASA’s Uranus Mission Is Running Out of Time 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Instruments on an Indian orbiter, Chandrayaan-1, also found unmistakable signs of water, and scientists using state-of-the-art techniques found water locked up in the minerals of old Apollo 15 and Apollo 17 rocks. Why NASA Is Going Back to the Moon 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z But what the scientists on Posiolova’s team saw in February was by far the biggest crater detected by the orbiter. Big rocks slam into Mars, gouge craters, reveal subsurface features 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Solid fuel boosters on either side were recovered and refueled after each flight, and the entire orbiter returned to Earth for use in subsequent flights. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Dr. Posiolova said these were, by far, the two largest new craters that the orbiter has spotted during its 16 years studying Mars. When Meteors Shook Mars, NASA Was Listening and Watching 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z The first global radar map was made by the US Pioneer Venus orbiter in the late 1970s, followed by better maps from the twin Soviet Venera 15 and 16 radar orbiters in the early 1980s. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z A South Korean orbiter is on its way. Why NASA Is Going Back to the Moon 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z And also like the U.A.E.’s Hope orbiter, the Danuri mission is intended to make meaningful scientific contributions to global efforts to explore and understand the solar system. South Korea Is Scouting Out the Moon, With More Missions to Come 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z When a lander arrives around 2030, it will use an arm to load 31 tubes into a rocket that will launch and rendezvous with an orbiter waiting to return home to Earth. News at a glance: AI reveals protein structures, racism’s impact on memory, and rising tiger numbers 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Upcoming orbiters from the U.S. and Europe are set to reinvigorate the study of Venus, and many planetary scientists consider a future lander there inevitable. Seismic Missions Could Reveal the Solar System’s Underworlds 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z The largest martian volcano is seen from above in this spectacular composite image created from many Viking orbiter photographs. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z “There is more power in your cellphone than they had in all that gear,” he says about the orbiters. Back at the dawn of ‘Earthrise,’ Boeing engineers ruled the sky 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z NASA’s orbiter, which has been studying the moon since 2009, carries an instrument that records temperatures of the lunar surface. South Korea Is Scouting Out the Moon, With More Missions to Come 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z Dr. Robinson reported the discovery Friday on the website that stores images taken by the lunar orbiter. They Found Two New Craters on the Moon and Discovered a New Mystery 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z It plans to send a moon orbiter this fall, also aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. South Korea Launches Satellite With Its Own Rocket for the First Time 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z How rovers and orbiters are helping us to understand Mars history and the role of water. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z South Korea is also working with the United States on a lunar orbiter, and hopes to land a probe on the moon by 2030. South Korea prepares for second space rocket attempt 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z Together, the orbiter and probe “will provide a remarkable breadth of new science”, says Heidi Hammel, vice-president for science at the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy in Washington DC. Next Stop, Uranus? Icy Planet Tops Priority List for Next Big NASA Mission 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z If launched on a Falcon Heavy rocket in 2031 or 2032, the orbiter could get a gravity assist from Jupiter and arrive in 13 years; Neptune would take far longer. Uranus should be NASA’s top planetary target, influential report finds 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z “Our understanding of the interior structure of the planet is so poor” An orbiter and a probe could provide a wealth of additional knowledge. Sending a probe to Uranus labeled as top priority by space science community 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z How rovers and orbiters are helping scientists understand the red planet’s surface. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Three of those suggested using the SLS to allow faster, bulkier missions: a Pluto orbiter, an orbiter and lander to Saturn’s moon Enceladus, and an orbiter and atmospheric probe to Neptune. SpaceX's Starship and NASA’s SLS Could Supercharge Space Science 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z The strife is impacting otherworldly missions as well: Consider Russia’s nascent Venera-D mission, a proposed orbiter and lander meant to blast off for Venus in 2029. Russia’s War in Ukraine Threatens Joint Missions to Mars, Venus and the Moon 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z While the orbiter commenced observations without any problems, the lander crashed on the planet’s surface due to a software glitch. Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine May Delay Europe’s ExoMars Rover Launch 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z While the orbiter successfully began its mission orbiting Mars, the test lander crashed due to a software glitch. European Space Agency claims joint Russian Mars rover probably won’t launch this year 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z For Jupiter and Saturn, these orbiters were the Galileo, Cassini, and Juno spacecraft. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Assuming a launch in 2031, the giant rocket would still take nearly three decades to propel a proposed orbiter, called Persephone, to Pluto. SpaceX's Starship and NASA’s SLS Could Supercharge Space Science 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z The United Arab Emirates’ Hope orbiter is still circling the planet. What We Learned from the Perseverance Rover’s First Year on Mars 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z China’s first Mars orbiter, Tianwen-1, is showing off its journey around the Red Planet in a newly released selfie video ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year. China releases video of spacecraft orbiting Mars for Lunar New Year 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z South Korea could also launch its first lunar orbiter later this year. Japanese Company Joins March Back to the Moon in 2022 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z To date, no orbiter missions have been started for Uranus and Neptune, although planetary scientists have expressed keen interest. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z A South Korean moon orbiter could lift off on a SpaceX rocket as soon as August. Big Rockets, Massive Asteroids and More Space Highlights for 2022 2022-01-01T05:00:00Z NASA’s intrepid orbiter may even spot new lava flows that pop up during its tenure around the planet. Strange signals on Venus may be coming from an erupting volcano 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z The gas giant obscures its inner workings with opulent swirls and bands of clouds, and the Juno orbiter is tasked with probing past this barrier to search for clues about the planet’s origin and evolution. Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Is Surprisingly Deep 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z South Korea plans to send a moon orbiter next fall aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from SpaceX, the company founded by Elon Musk. South Korea’s First Homemade Rocket Lifts Off but Is ‘One Step Short’ 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z After operating for a few hours and sending data back to the orbiter, Philae went silent. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z It looks as though China might have combined a space orbiter with a hypersonic vehicle. Opinion | We need a hypersonic weapons reality check. And talks with China and Russia. 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z It will make multiple passes of the same areas mapped by an earlier radar-equipped orbiter known as Magellan. Strange signals on Venus may be coming from an erupting volcano 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z South Korea is working with the United States on a lunar orbiter, and hopes to land a probe on the moon by 2030. From spy satellites to mobile networks, S.Korea hopes new rocket gets space programme off ground 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z Be it via souped-up helicopters or inexpensive landers and orbiters, they say it’s time to script new ways to gather more data from a variety of places on that remote world. Mars on the Cheap: Scientists Are Working to Revolutionize Access to the Red Planet 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z They were first studied at close range by the Viking orbiters in 1977 and later by Mars Global Surveyor. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z In 2005, NASA's Cassini Saturn orbiter took images of geysers blasting particles of water ice into space from fractures near the moon's south pole. Odd methane plumes on one of Saturn's moons may be evidence of life, study says 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z Space junk presents hazards to launching vehicles and operational orbiters. SpaceX’s Starship Could Rocket-Boost Research in Space 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z There’s a story, possibly apocryphal, about a cosmonaut who conducted a plant-growing experiment aboard a Russian orbiter in the 1970s or ’80s. Researchers revive the dream of a martian habitat in Arizona—in miniature 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z Fittingly, the very first mission Smrekar worked on was NASA’s Venus orbiter Magellan. NASA Just Broke the ‘Venus Curse’: Here’s What It Took 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z Most of what we know about Mars is derived from spacecraft: highly successful orbiters, landers, and rovers. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z The orbiter detected dihydrogen, methane and carbon dioxide at unexpected levels. Odd methane plumes on one of Saturn's moons may be evidence of life, study says 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z It will be composed of three spacecraft — an orbiter and two landers — with the mission hoping to follow China in becoming only the second to successfully land on the far side of the moon. Israel’s SpaceIL secures funds for new lunar mission 2021-07-11T04:00:00Z Astronauts will live and conduct research in the Habitation and Logistics Outpost made by Northrop for the lunar orbiter, called Gateway. Fed report notes material shortages, hiring difficulties are slowing recovery 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z But the orbiter’s work will not just be skin-deep. NASA Just Broke the ‘Venus Curse’: Here’s What It Took 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z Two orbiters surveyed the planet and served to relay communications for two landers on the surface. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z They were found using data from NASA’s Magellan orbiter mission, the agency’s last foray to Venus. Venus Lacks Plate Tectonics. But It Has Something Much More Quirky. 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z On Thursday, the European Space Agency declared that it was launching its own mission there too: EnVision, an orbiter that would investigate even more of the planet’s mysteries. Venus Will Have a Fleet of Spacecraft as Europe Adds Orbiter Mission 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z Named EnVision, the orbiter will attempt to explain why Venus is so “wildly different” from Earth, even though the two planets are similar in size and composition. Venus hotter than ever: 3rd new robotic explorer on horizon 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z Its descent probe may be the main event, but DAVINCI+ has an orbiter component, too. NASA Just Broke the ‘Venus Curse’: Here’s What It Took 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z The landers photographed the surface with high resolution and carried out complex experiments searching for evidence of life, while the orbiters provided a global perspective on Mars geology. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z The orbiter will also be armed with a spectrometer capable of looking for chemical signatures in the faint light that reflects off the surface and escapes through the clouds. Was Venus once a good home for life? NASA missions aim to find out 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z DAVINCI+’s orbiter is less capable, but its probe will deliver invaluable in situ data on Venus’s atmosphere, sampling and studying the chemistry of the planet’s air throughout a one-way plunge to the spacecraft-annihilating surface. NASA Picks Two Missions to Explore Venus, the First in Decades 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z The last probe to visit the planet was the Magellan orbiter in 1990. Venus: Nasa announces two new missions 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z Just a week after NASA’s eagerly anticipated announcement, the European Space Agency declared that EnVision, an orbiter that would carry out scientific surveys of select parts of the planet, would be joining the party. NASA Just Broke the ‘Venus Curse’: Here’s What It Took 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z Several of these orbiters are also equipped to communicate with landers and rovers on the surface and serve as data relays to Earth. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z DAVINCI+ will also include an orbiter to map the planet’s geology, including its mysterious highlands. Venus can’t wait—NASA plans blockbuster return to hothouse neighbor 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z Magellan’s explorations ended in 1994 when, its objectives met and its solar-power panels degraded, the orbiter was sent plunging into Venus’s atmosphere. Is NASA about to Lift the ‘Venus Curse?’ 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z Circling the moon for 12 years, the orbiter will measure temperatures changes on the lunar surface during the eclipse. Cosmic 2-for-1: Total lunar eclipse combines with supermoon 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z The Tianwen-1 mission consists of an orbiter, lander and rover that launched in July and arrived at Mars in February. China Releases Rover’s First Photos After Mars Landing 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z The Galileo and Cassini missions were long-lived orbiters, and each also deployed an entry probe, one into Jupiter and one into Saturn’s moon Titan. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z The mission consists of an orbiter, a lander and a rover. China’s Mars Rover Mission Lands on the Red Planet 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z Politicians and the public alike were hooked by that prospect, making it easier to justify funding and sending additional orbiters, landers and rovers to Mars. Is NASA about to Lift the ‘Venus Curse?’ 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z ET, relayed by the Perseverance rover to orbiters above and back to Earth. NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter lifts off on Mars 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z On Monday, the orbiter fired its thrusters, and it now circles Mars once every eight hours instead of two days. China Releases Rover’s First Photos After Mars Landing 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z The same test stand at Stennis was used to test the engines on both NASA’s Saturn V rocket and space shuttle orbiters. NASA Moon Rocket Passes Critical Engine Test 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z The orbiter then rose and returned to its parking orbit about half an hour after the separation, to provide relay communication for the landing craft combo, the Chinese space agency told Global Times. China’s Mars Rover Mission Lands on the Red Planet 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z This orbiter’s work would not just be, in a manner of speaking, skin-deep. Is NASA about to Lift the ‘Venus Curse?’ 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z Perseverance is capable of transmitting data at rates up to 2Mbps to the orbiters overhead. Here’s an interactive 4K view of Perseverance’s Mars landing site 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z The Chinese agency also released two brief videos of the lander departing the orbiter that carried the craft to Mars. China Releases Rover’s First Photos After Mars Landing 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z Proposals have also circulated for an orbiter, a floating probe that could splash down in a lake, even a robotic submarine. Seven Hundred Leagues Beneath Titan’s Methane Seas 2021-02-21T05:00:00Z The rover will orient itself by comparing what it sees to stored high-resolution maps created by Mars orbiters. One day to Jezero: NASA’s Mars rover ready to stick its landing 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z Its descent probe may be the star of the show, but DAVINCI+ has an orbiter component, too. Is NASA about to Lift the ‘Venus Curse?’ 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z The Mars orbiters then relay the data back to Earth using their much larger antennas and more powerful transmitters. Here’s an interactive 4K view of Perseverance’s Mars landing site 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z The first robotic probe to arrive at Mars this year was Hope, an orbiter from the United Arab Emirates’ emerging space agency. China’s Mars Mission Begins Orbit of the Red Planet 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z The orbiter, for example, will study the planet from above using a high-resolution camera, a spectrometer, a magnetometer and an ice-mapping radar instrument, among other scientific gear. China’s First Mars Mission, Tianwen-1, Reaches the Red Planet 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z It’s also the second country this month to celebrate its first Mars mission, arriving a day after the UAE’s Hope orbiter entered Martian orbit Tuesday morning. China becomes latest country to reach Mars with Tianwen-1 probe 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z This orbiter’s state-of-the-art radar system would generate an unprecedentedly detailed map of the planet. Is NASA about to Lift the ‘Venus Curse?’ 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z The orbiter is expected to last for at least 2 years. China’s Tianwen-1 enters Mars orbit 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z In addition to the new arrivals, six more orbiters are currently studying the planet from space. China’s Mars Mission Begins Orbit of the Red Planet 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z The orbiter will also relay communications from the rover, which sports an impressive scientific suite of its own. China’s First Mars Mission, Tianwen-1, Reaches the Red Planet 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z An orbiter from the United Arab Emirates led the way on Tuesday. China spacecraft enters Mars orbit, 2nd in 2 days after UAE 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z The solar-powered rover - about the size of a golf cart - is expected to operate for about three months, and the orbiter for two years. Chinese spacecraft nearing Mars, world’s 2nd in 2 days 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z China’s Tianwen-1 is due to arrive at Mars on 10 February—another martian debutante—with an orbiter, lander, and rover. UAE spacecraft reaches Mars in a milestone for Arab nations 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z The scientific reasons why Mars is a compelling target are complex and evolving, propelled by a cornucopia of images and information from all those orbiters, landers, and rovers. Why are people so dang obsessed with Mars? 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z The second proposal, VERITAS, would send an orbiter that would produce high-resolution images of the surface. Life on Venus? The Picture Gets Cloudier 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z The solar-powered rover — about the size of a golf cart — is expected to operate for about three months, and the orbiter for two years. China spacecraft enters Mars orbit, 2nd in 2 days after UAE 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z In 2011, a Chinese orbiter that was part of a Russian mission didn’t make it out of Earth’s orbit. Chinese spacecraft nearing Mars, world’s 2nd in 2 days 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z The orbiter, called Amal, Arabic for Hope, traveled 300 million miles in nearly seven months to get to Mars with the goal of mapping its atmosphere throughout each season. Arab spacecraft closes in on Mars on historic flight 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z The United Arab Emirates’ orbiter reaches Mars on Tuesday, followed less than 24 hours later by China’s orbiter-rover combo. Next stop Mars: 3 spacecraft arriving in quick succession 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z The United Arab Emirates’ probe Hope orbiter will arrive first, on Tuesday, followed by China’s Tianwen-1 spacecraft the next day. Tensions rise as rival Mars probes approach their final destination 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z In 2011, a Chinese orbiter that was part of a Russian mission didn’t make it out of Earth orbit. China spacecraft enters Mars orbit, 2nd in 2 days after UAE 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z The UAE’s orbiter called Amal, Arabic for Hope, began circling the red planet on Tuesday to gather detailed data on Mars’ atmosphere. Chinese spacecraft nearing Mars, world’s 2nd in 2 days 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z First in line to reach Mars this month is the Emirati Hope orbiter. Three countries are due to reach Mars in the next two weeks 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z Another way of deploying a radio array on the moon’s far side would be to simply drop antennas from an orbiter to land and unfurl where they may. Telescopes on Far Side of the Moon Could Illuminate the Cosmic Dark Ages 2021-01-15T05:00:00Z Its engines are of the same type that powered the spaceplane-like shuttle orbiter - America's crewed space vehicle for 30 years from 1981-2011. SLS: Nasa's 'megarocket' engine test ends early 2021-01-16T05:00:00Z The first to arrive will be the Emirati Hope orbiter, the first deep space explorer of the Arab country’s small but ambitious space program. Missions to Mars, the Moon and Beyond Await Earth in 2021 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z Around the same time, China’s Tianwen-1 mission will arrive with an orbiter, a lander platform, and a rover the size of a golf cart. The science stories likely to make headlines in 2021 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z The first two Chang’e spacecraft were orbiters that circled the moon. China Brings Moon Rocks to Earth, and a New Era of Competition to Space 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z The country already has an orbiter and rover on the way to Mars, known as Tianwen-1, which will study the chemical makeup, magnetic field, and surface structure of the red planet. China's new moon mission returns the first lunar samples since 1976 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z The UAE’s first interplanetary spacecraft, an orbiter, will scrutinize the Martian atmosphere. World’s space achievements a bright spot in stressful 2020 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z It fired its engines early Wednesday to put it on course before the orbiter separates from the return vehicle, with all systems functioning as expected, the China National Space Administration said. China prepares for return of lunar probe with moon samples 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z Each provided over 3 million pounds of thrust — enough to push the shuttle’s tank and orbiter into orbit before dropping into the Atlantic Ocean. NASA rocket display at museum a tribute to astronauts who lost their lives in 2 missions 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z Not long after arriving in lunar orbit, Chang’e-5 split into two parts, an orbiter and a lander that reached the surface on Dec. 1. China Brings Moon Rocks to Earth, and a New Era of Competition to Space 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z The Beresheet 2 project will aim to send three spacecraft - an orbiter and two landers - to the moon. A year after crash, Israel unveils new plan for moon landing 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z The Beresheet 2 project will aim to send three spacecraft — an orbiter and two landers — to the moon. A year after crash, Israel unveils new plan for moon landing 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z That probe, the Chang’e 4, and its robot rover still are functioning, transmitting to Earth via an orbiter that passes over the moon’s far side. China’s space ambitions: robot on Mars, a human on the moon 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z The rocket played a pivotal role in the 1986 Challenger disaster, when a leaky seal in one of the shuttle’s boosters caused its fuel tanks to collapse and the orbiter to break apart. NASA rocket display at museum a tribute to astronauts who lost their lives in 2 missions 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z The Chang’e 5 probe touched down Tuesday on the Sea of Storms on the moon’s near side after descending from an orbiter, the China National Space Administration said. China spacecraft collects moon samples to take back to Earth 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z After the spacecraft entered orbit around the moon, Chang’e-5 was split into two: the lander now on the surface and an orbiter that awaits its return. China Lands Chang’e-5 Spacecraft on Moon to Gather Lunar Rocks and Soil 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z The sample will then be transferred to the ascent vehicle, which will launch to lunar orbit and meet up with the other two Chang'e 5 elements — an orbiter and an Earth-return craft. China’s Chang’e 5 Lands on Moon to Collect Fresh Samples 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z Separation between lander/ascent vehicle and orbiter/return vehicle of #Change5 on Lunar orbit. China’s Chang’e 5 mission lands on the Moon 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z The samples will be transferred to the orbiter for the journey back to Earth. China Launches Moon Mission to Bring Back Lunar Rocks 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z The United Arab Emirates also launched an orbiter to Mars that month. China launches moon mission, seeking to be first country in decades to collect lunar rocks 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z An ascent vehicle will carry the samples back up to rendezvous with the orbiter. Chinese spacecraft sets off on Moon sample quest 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z An ascent vehicle will ferry the samples to the orbiter, where they will be packed into a re-entry capsule for return to Earth and a touchdown in the grasslands of Inner Mongolia. China set to bring back first rocks from the Moon in more than 40 years 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z The engines - the same ones that powered the now-retired space shuttle orbiter - will generate a whopping 1.6 million pounds of thrust. Nasa's new 'megarocket' set for critical tests 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z Ms. Aben said that, with the new orbiter, “we will see quite a bit more.” New Technology Claims to Pinpoint Even Small Methane Leaks From Space 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z The successful launch of a Mars orbiter called Hope marked the first interplanetary mission conducted by an Arab nation. In Case You Missed It 2020-10-10T04:00:00Z “We need a lander, an orbiter, we need a program.” Missions to Venus: Highlights From History, and When We May Go Back 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z The Japanese space agency's Akatsuki orbiter is the one mission at the planet at present, and it was built long before the phosphine question came up – so it's not really best-suited to study the issue. Will private firms win the race to Venus? 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z The spacecraft consists of an orbiter, a lander and a rover, and marks China’s most ambitious Mars mission yet as it seeks to join the United States in successfully landing a spacecraft on the planet. China says Mars probe stable; no word on reusable spacecraft 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z Even then, there is no escaping some harm from the fleets of commercial orbiters. Report suggests ways to avoid satellites ruining telescope images but ‘there is no place to hide’ 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z The new Chinese mission includes an orbiter, a lander and a rover. NASA Launches Perseverance Rover, Capping Summer of Missions to Mars 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z It’s possible there is life on Mars today, said Bruce Jakosky, a planetary scientist at the University of Colorado and the lead scientist on a Mars orbiter that is studying the atmosphere of the planet. NASA’s new Mars rover Perseverance blasts off, rocketing to Red Planet to search for ancient life 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z The launch follows the United Arab Emirates’ Mars Hope orbiter, which took off on 20 July, and China’s Tianwen-1 rover, which launched three days after that. NASA has launched the most ambitious Mars rover ever built: here’s what happens next 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z China is sending both a rover an orbiter. NASA launches Mars rover to look for signs of ancient life 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z The rover Perseverance will follow China’s rover-orbiter combo and a United Arab Emirates orbiter, both launched last week. 2020’s final Mars mission poised for blastoff from Florida 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z By comparing its different regions, he hopes to predict any changes we might expect should we send an orbiter to Pluto in another 50 years. Pluto’s dark side spills its secrets — including hints of a hidden ocean 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z This "return orbiter" will act like a cargo ship, bringing the precious rock and soil specimens back to Earth. Bringing Mars back to Earth 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z The image, taken by NASA’s Odyssey orbiter, showed a sinuous dried-up river channel leading into one side of the crater. How NASA Found the Ideal Hole on Mars to Land In 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z The vessel, weighing more than five tons in all, includes an orbiter that will circle the planet for a Martian year — 687 days — and conduct its own scientific observations. China Will Answer ‘Heavenly Question’: Can It Land on Mars? 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z This summer’s third and final mission to Mars — after the United Arab Emirates’ Hope orbiter and China’s Quest for Heavenly Truth orbiter-rover combo — begins with a launch scheduled for Thursday morning from Cape Canaveral. NASA’s next Mars rover is brawniest and brainiest one yet 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z This summer’s third and final mission to Mars - after the United Arab Emirates’ Hope orbiter and China’s Quest for Heavenly Truth orbiter-rover combo - begins with a launch scheduled for Thursday morning from Cape Canaveral. NASA’s next Mars rover is brawniest and brainiest one yet 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z Earlier this week, the United Arab Emirates launched an orbiter to Mars and China launched an orbiter, lander and rover. US eyes building nuclear power plants for moon and Mars 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z The launch seals a global era in deep-space exploration: the United Arab Emirates launched its Hope orbiter earlier this week, and the United States’ Perseverance rover is likely to launch next week. Daily briefing: The biotech building a better, faster, stronger coronavirus vaccine 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z The orbiter will carry seven instruments, including cameras, a subsurface radar, a spectrometer, a magnetometer and particle analyzers to conduct what they called “a global and extensive survey of the entire planet.” China Will Answer ‘Heavenly Question’: Can It Land on Mars? 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z It includes an orbiter, a lander and a rover. China’s Mars Mission, Tianwen-1, Begins Its Monthslong Journey 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z The United Arab Emirates also recently launched its Amal orbiter to the Red Planet. NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover: Epic mission edges closer to launch 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z China’s tandem spacecraft — with both an orbiter and a rover — is scheduled to reach Mars in about seven months. China successfully launches mission to land rover on Mars 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z Ji was chief scientist on China’s earlier attempt to send an orbiter to Mars aboard a Russian spacecraft in 2011, which failed. China’s successful launch of Mars mission seals global era in deep-space exploration 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z It built an orbiter, Yinghuo-1, that was piggybacking on a Russian mission to Phobos, one of the Martian moons, but the Russian rocket stalled in low-Earth orbit, crippled by faulty computer circuits. China Will Answer ‘Heavenly Question’: Can It Land on Mars? 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z The orbiter, according to four scientists involved in the mission, will study Mars and its atmosphere for about one Martian year, or 687 days on Earth. China’s Mars Mission, Tianwen-1, Begins Its Monthslong Journey 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z The United Arab Emirates also launched its first interplanetary mission on July 19th, sending an orbiter called Hope to Mars that will study the planet’s weather. China successfully launches interplanetary mission to Mars with rover in tow 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z As for the orbiter, it will serve as a relay, providing communications between Earth and the rover. China is about to launch a trio of spacecraft to Mars — including a rover 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z The United Arab Emirates launched its Hope orbiter earlier this week, and the United States’ craft — a six-wheeled rover named Perseverance rover — is likely to launch next week. China’s successful launch of Mars mission seals global era in deep-space exploration 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z “The orbiter will provide a relay communication link to the rover, while performing its own scientific observations for one Martian year.” China set for historic Mars rover launch 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z The orbiter will also serve as a relay back to Earth for communicating with the rover component of the mission. China’s Mars Mission, Tianwen-1, Begins Its Monthslong Journey 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z The United Arab Emirates’ Hope orbiter is now winging its way to Mars after launching successfully from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. Daily briefing: Huge drop in premature births during lockdown 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z The United Arab Emirates’ Hope orbiter is now winging its way to Mars after launching successfully from the Tanegashima Space Center near Minamitane, Japan. Arab world’s first Mars probe takes to the skies 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z The design of the orbiter and rover appear to draw on China’s several successful missions to the Moon, but are significantly larger than previous probes, says Clarke. China’s successful launch of Mars mission seals global era in deep-space exploration 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z Next up will likely be China, which is hoping to launch a Martian orbiter, a lander, and a rover to the Red Planet around July 23rd. The United Arab Emirates successfully launches its first spacecraft bound for Mars 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z After the orbiter reaches Mars, the landing probe will detach and descend to the planet’s surface. China’s Mars Mission, Tianwen-1, Begins Its Monthslong Journey 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z The UAE spacecraft, named Amal, or “Hope” in Arabic, is an orbiter built in partnership with the University of Colorado Boulder and is now scheduled to launch from Japan on Monday. China moves rocket into place for nation’s 1st Mars mission 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z As the orbiter approaches the sun, three peepholes in the heat shield will open to allow the instruments to collect data. Closest Pictures Ever Taken of Sun Show Tiny Campfire Flares 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z For instance, both the orbiter and the rover are equipped with a ground-penetrating radar to chart geologic layers under the surface. Chinese Spacecraft Poised for First Mars Mission 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z The orbiter named Amal, or Hope, is the Arab world’s first interplanetary mission. UAE’s Mars orbiter launch from Japan delayed by weather 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z After the orbiter reaches Mars, the landing probe will detach and descend to the planet’s surface. China’s Mars Mission, Tianwen-1, Begins Its Monthslong Journey 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z Following this launch, China also plans to launch an orbiter, rover, and lander to the Red Planet on July 23rd. The UAE’s first interplanetary mission to Mars set for launch 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z The UAE spacecraft, named Amal, which is Arabic for Hope, is an orbiter scheduled to rocket away from Japan on Wednesday, local time, on what will be the Arab world’s first interplanetary mission. Look out, Mars: Here we come with a fleet of spacecraft 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z The radar on the orbiter can “see” as deep as a few thousand meters, whereas the instrument on the rover has a shallower view but sharp centimeter-level resolution. Chinese Spacecraft Poised for First Mars Mission 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z If all goes well, the United States and China will both launch rovers, and the United Arab Emirates will dispatch an orbiter. The many roads to the red planet — a memoir 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z After the orbiter reaches Mars, the landing probe will detach and descend to the planet’s surface. China’s Mars Mission, Tianwen-1, Begins Its Monthslong Journey 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z In the space centre’s clean room, technicians ready the wrapped orbiter for shipping to Japan.Credit: How a small Arab nation built a Mars mission from scratch in six years 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z China will be up next, with the flight of a rover and an orbiter sometime around July 23; Chinese officials aren’t divulging much. Look out, Mars: Here we come with a fleet of spacecraft 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z But China’s spacefaring experience beyond Earth orbit has been limited to several robotic moon missions and an orbiter that piggybacked on a failed Russian mission to the Martian moon Phobos in 2011. Chinese Spacecraft Poised for First Mars Mission 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Later this month, the China National Space Administration intends to launch an orbiter, lander and rover combination called Tianwen-1, or ‘quest for heavenly truth’. How to reach another planet when a pandemic is hobbling yours 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z Six orbiters are currently studying the planet from space. China’s Mars Mission, Tianwen-1, Begins Its Monthslong Journey 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z Six years on, Al Amiri beamed as she admired the country’s fully assembled Mars orbiter while it underwent tests in February. How a small Arab nation built a Mars mission from scratch in six years 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z Most notably, the bill would ease restrictions on launching the agency’s next flagship planetary science mission—the $4 billion Europa Clipper, a robotic orbiter to investigate Jupiter’s icy moon. House spending panels give NIH big increase to deal with COVID-19 impacts 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z And the UAE will be launching an orbiter — the first interplanetary mission by any Arab nation — as a test of its young but ambitious space agency. Countdown to Mars: three daring missions take aim at the red planet 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z And then there is Hope, a Mars orbiter to be launched by the six-year-old UAE Space Agency no earlier than 15 July. How to reach another planet when a pandemic is hobbling yours 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z The former is an orbiter designed to study the atmosphere of the world. There and Back Again: Perseverance Will Begin a New Chapter in Mars Exploration 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z Later orbiters found evidence of abundant clay-bearing minerals that need water to form. NASA’s new rover will collect martian rocks—and clues to planet’s ancient climate 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z The orbiter aims to study the martian magnetic field and atmosphere. Mars mission would put China among space leaders 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z An orbiter, lander and rover packed with 13 scientific instruments are set to launch from an island in southern China in late July. Countdown to Mars: three daring missions take aim at the red planet 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z The ascent vehicle blasts the samples into Martian orbit where they are captured by an orbiter. Nasa Mars rover: Key questions about Perseverance 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z The moves are seen as preparation for a permanent space station, a potential crewed flight to the moon, and a possible first attempt to send an orbiter and rover to Mars. China launches final satellite in GPS challenger 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z Scientists have traced the tracks of ancient water across Mars ever since the 1970s, when orbiters revealed branching valley networks that matched the dendritic shape of water-eroded valleys on Earth. NASA’s new rover will collect martian rocks—and clues to planet’s ancient climate 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z After trundling off a ramp on the lander, the solar-powered rover is expected to operate for at least 90 martian days, using the orbiter as a communications relay. Mars mission would put China among space leaders 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z A previous attempt by China to send an orbiter to Mars, aboard a Russian spacecraft in 2011, ended with the probes going missing. Countdown to Mars: three daring missions take aim at the red planet 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z This orbiter will then deliver the sample containers to Earth, possibly by 2031. Nasa Mars rover: Key questions about Perseverance 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z Boeing helped design the orbiter for NASA, which sent five unmanned missions to the moon to help select a landing site. William Burr, engineer who enjoyed travel and found joy in helping people, dies of coronavirus 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z Nasa initiated a Commercial Crew Program just prior to the end days of the famous winged orbiters that sought to incentivise a new human transportation industry in the US. Nasa SpaceX crew mission cleared to launch 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z The orbiter will keep going for about one martian year, or roughly 23 months. Mars mission would put China among space leaders 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z Once the combined craft reaches Mars, the hexagonal orbiter will release the lander and rover — protected by a spherical cone — into the Martian atmosphere. Countdown to Mars: three daring missions take aim at the red planet 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z If unchanged, the budget numbers would, in this calendar year, shutter an aged but functional communications relay and science orbiter, Mars Odyssey, which has operated at the planet since 2001. Mars Needs Money: White House Budget Could Prompt Retreat from Red Planet 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Built by UAE and US engineers, the orbiter is scheduled to launch from Japan during a period that starts on 15 July, in which Earth and Mars are suitably aligned. Daily briefing: Sweden’s top epidemiologist explains its unorthodox coronavirus strategy 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z The spacecraft - comprised of two scientific orbiters - should reach Mercury in 2025, after swinging twice past Venus and six times past Mercury itself. Mercury-bound spacecraft buzzes Earth, beams back pictures 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z China’s probe, called Huoxing, will include an orbiter, a lander and a rover — the first Mars probe to include all three. How China is planning to go to Mars amid the coronavirus outbreak 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z During the rover’s mission, the orbiter will act as a communication link, and then will move into closer orbit to survey the planet for an entire Martian year. Countdown to Mars: three daring missions take aim at the red planet 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z Furthermore, Christensen notes, the United Arab Emirates, India and China are all planning to launch Mars orbiter missions in the near future. Mars Needs Money: White House Budget Could Prompt Retreat from Red Planet 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z NASA’s Perseverance rover is on track, and China plans to send a small rover along with an orbiter. European Mars rover delayed until 2022 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Scientists hope to learn more about the origin and composition of Mercury, once the European and Japanese orbiters separate and begin their own circling of the scorched planet. Mercury-bound spacecraft buzzes Earth, beams back pictures 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z The United Arab Emirates, for its first planetary science mission, is sending an orbiter that is to study Martian weather. NASA’s Mars 2020 Rover Gets New, Official Name: Perseverance 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Three other missions are due to leave for Mars this year, including a rover from China and an orbiter from the United Arab Emirates. America's next Mars rover will be called Perseverance 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Like Mars Odyssey, MRO is a dual-purpose orbiter, serving as a crucial data relay while also providing high-resolution imagery of potential future landing sites. Mars Needs Money: White House Budget Could Prompt Retreat from Red Planet 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Previous orbiters have generally swooped much closer to the Martian surface, usually in orbits devised to pass over a given location at the same time of day each time. From Dubai to Mars, With Stops in Colorado and Japan 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z Unlike Goddard’s past Venus proposal, this mission would also include an orbiter to map the planet’s geology, including its mysterious highlands. NASA mission finalists would explore Venus or outer-planet moons 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z The 2020 rover may be ready, but the next components—the lander mission and orbiter—will need to be ready to go by 2026. Rocks, Rockets and Robots: The Plan to Bring Mars Down to Earth 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z And in 2012, the orbiter observed spikes in sulfur dioxide — a gas that smells like a struck match and is commonly produced on Earth by active volcanoes — within the Venusian atmosphere. Volcanoes on Venus Might Still Be Smoking 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z The European Space Agency plans to launch its solar orbiter in February. Most detailed close-ups of sun reveal massive, turbulent solar plasma 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z To mark the 50th anniversary of their independence, the UAE will be launching their ‘Hope’ orbiter that will analyze the Martian atmosphere. Carberry & Zucker: Are we going to Mars in 2020? 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z During its launch, a piece of foam insulation broke off the shuttle's external fuel tank and tore a hole in the orbiter's wing. Challenger explosion among the deadliest space disasters 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z "The orbiter is already there. So we are going to be cutting cost," he told the Times of India. India announces plans for third Moon mission 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z The last spacecraft with a primary mission of mapping the planet’s topography was NASA’s Magellan orbiter, which launched more than 30 years ago. Volcanoes on Venus Might Still Be Smoking 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z The Chandrayaan-2 mission in September successfully deployed a lunar orbiter that relays scientific data back to earth, but was unable to place a rover on the lunar surface after a “hard” landing. India approves third moon mission, months after landing failure 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z In order to collect data, an orbiter will launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in 2022. Humanity's space travel plans, 2020–2030 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z And the United Arab Emirates will send an orbiter, in the first Mars mission by an Arab country. The science events to watch for in 2020 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z An accompanying orbiter continues to operate around the moon. A Billion Pixels and the Search for India’s Crashed Moon Lander 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z A team of scientists operating the camera on the orbiter first took pictures of the landing site on September 17th and released them to the public. NASA spacecraft finds crash site of Indian lunar lander 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z The sample sphere will be fired into an orbit higher than 300 kilometers to meet ESA's Earth return orbiter, which is supposed to follow the lander to Mars. Bold space mission to bring back rocks from Mars takes shape 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z But there are no current plans to send further orbiters to Saturn or its moons, so this map is likely to remain our best global view of Titan for the foreseeable future. A whole new world: astronomers draw first global map of Titan 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z The Endeavour orbiter used a radar instrument in 2000 to map heights across the globe. Sea level rise to affect 'three times more people' 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z A day later, the Indian space agency posted on its website that it had already found the lander: “Vikram lander has been located by the orbiter of Chandrayaan-2, but no communication with it yet.” A Billion Pixels and the Search for India’s Crashed Moon Lander 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z One would retrieve samples from the surface of Venus through a complex choreography of two orbiters, multiple landers, a balloon high in the atmosphere, and a return rocket. Fleets of flying telescopes and returning samples from Venus among Europe's space hopes 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z With no martian version of GPS to guide it, ESA's orbiter will use cameras to track and capture the sphere. Bold space mission to bring back rocks from Mars takes shape 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z Another orbiter, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, is scheduled to pass over the part of the moon where it might be found on Sept. 17. Did India’s Chandrayaan-2 Moon Lander Survive? The Odds Are Long 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z The lander traveled to the Moon with another spacecraft, an orbiter that is still circulating above the lunar surface. India says it has found its Moon lander, but it still cannot communicate with it 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z The orbiter made additional flyovers of the site on Oct. A Billion Pixels and the Search for India’s Crashed Moon Lander 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z The Vikram lander separated from the mission’s orbiter on Sept. 2 and began a series of braking maneuvers to lower its orbit and ready itself for landing. India moon mission: Vikram lunar lander found on surface 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z The orbiter carries eight scientific experiments for mapping the lunar surface and studying the outer atmosphere of the moon. India’s first attempt to land on the moon appears to have failed 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z Vikram and Pragyan launched along with an orbiter on July 22nd, and the trio spent most of August traveling out to the Moon together. India loses communication with lunar lander shortly before scheduled landing on the Moon 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z The orbiter successfully spotted the Vikram lander from above, taking a thermal image of the vehicle, according to ANI’s interview with Sivan. India says it has found its Moon lander, but it still cannot communicate with it 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Of the Indian instruments, eight are on the orbiter, which separated from lander on 2 September and is currently circling the Moon. ‘The most terrifying moments’: India counts down to risky Moon landing 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z The orbiter will circle the Moon's poles for roughly one year and the Vikram Lander is expected to land Sept. 7. between 1:30 am to 2:30 a.m. India's Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft set for historic lunar landing 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z All the systems of orbiter and the lander are “healthy,” the Indian Space Research Organization said in a statement. Indian moon mission’s landing module separates from orbiter 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z They inserted themselves into lunar orbit on August 20th, and Vikram later separated from the orbiter and started spiraling closer to the lunar surface. India loses communication with lunar lander shortly before scheduled landing on the Moon 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z The organization also noted that the lunar orbiter is still operating as planned and may even be operational for up to seven years around the Moon, instead of one year as planned. India says it has found its Moon lander, but it still cannot communicate with it 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Denevi says she’s most excited about the orbiter’s imaging infrared spectrometer, which will map light reflected off the lunar surface over a wide range of wavelengths. ‘The most terrifying moments’: India counts down to risky Moon landing 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z The Indian Space Research Organization says all the systems of orbiter and the lander are “healthy.” Indian moon mission’s landing module separates from orbiter 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z Early next week, the lander will separate from the orbiter, which will continue to circle the Moon for another year. Ancient skull, Amazon fires and giraffe protections 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z In the meantime, the orbiter is still in orbit around the Moon, and helped to gather details of the crash when India lost contact with Vikram during its descent. India loses communication with lunar lander shortly before scheduled landing on the Moon 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z Until then, the lander, rover, and orbiter are all bundled together in orbit around the Moon. India’s lunar mission enters the Moon’s orbit ahead of landing attempt 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z The lander will then separate from the orbiter and use rocket fuel to brake as it attempts to land in the south polar region of the moon on Sept. 7. Indian spacecraft launched last month is now orbiting moon 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z The orbiter maneuvered into Mars’ orbit as planned, and the spacecraft is still whizzing around the planet collecting data. Europe and Russia’s mission to Mars runs into a speed bump after two failed parachute tests 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z The spacecraft comprises an orbiter and a lander that is heading for the uncharted lunar south pole. Space station re-entry, Moon tapes and Ebola emergency 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z The orbiter is meant to last up to a year in lunar orbit, studying the Moon’s surface with a series of cameras, instruments, and X-rays. India loses communication with lunar lander shortly before scheduled landing on the Moon 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z Once the vehicles are in the right position over the Moon’s poles, the lander and orbiter will separate, with Vikram making its historic descent to the surface. India’s lunar mission enters the Moon’s orbit ahead of landing attempt 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z Of the 13 Indian instruments, eight are on the orbiter, three are on the lander and two on the rover. India’s ambitious Moon mission launches 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z From there, the orbiter will stay in space around the Moon, while the lander carrying the rover will separate and perform a soft landing on the south pole around September 7th. India successfully launches its first lunar lander bound for the Moon 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z The spacecraft carries an orbiter, a lander and a rover which will move around on the lunar surface for 14 earth days. India moon mission set to launch a week after it was aborted 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z The orbiter carries a suite of instruments, including cameras and spectrometers, and is designed to operate for at least a year. India’s moon launch on Monday: When and how to watch 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z An orbiter is expected to circle the moon for about a year, relaying information and capturing high-resolution images. India’s first attempted moon landing heralds a new global space race 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z The lunar orbiter mission, for instance, made the first detailed photographic survey of the moon’s surface. Boeing’s role in moon missions helped launch Seattle as tech center 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z The orbiter is set to remain in orbit around the Moon and function for up to a year. India successfully launches its first lunar lander bound for the Moon 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z The Chandrayaan-2 orbiter is planned to operate around the moon for a full year, conducting scientific reconnaissance and also serving as a communications relay. What to Expect from India's Second Moon Mission 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z India also launched an orbiter to Mars in 2013 that continues to orbit the red planet, and in 2017, an Indian rocket deployed 104 satellites, a record for a single launch. India’s moon launch on Monday: When and how to watch 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z For example, the lunar orbiters were built here at the Boeing Missile Production Center. Half a century ago, the nation came together to put a human on the moon. Why the long decline since? 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z The lunar orbiter helped convince officials a moon landing was possible and helped point the way. Boeing’s role in moon missions helped launch Seattle as tech center 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z The orbiter’s technology also is playing a significant role in NASA’s Moon to Mars project. NASA scientists create detailed map of moon 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z The first nation beyond those two to shoot for the moon was Japan, which sent the successful Hiten probe in 1990 to fly by our natural satellite and release the lunar orbiter Hagoromo. 50 Years of Moon Missions: Graphic 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z The orbiter, however, did not measure any methane during its first year in orbit, much to the surprise of scientists. NASA's Curiosity rover detects 'unusually high' level of methane on Mars 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z So too is the European Space Agency’s Mars Express spacecraft, the other Mars orbiter that measures methane. Mars rover detects ‘excitingly huge’ methane spike 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z The film was developed aboard the orbiter and scanned. Boeing’s role in moon missions helped launch Seattle as tech center 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z Such a mission would comprise a menagerie of components—an orbiter, a lander and a long-lived station. Venus, Earth's Evil Twin, Beckons Space Agencies 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z The last mission to map the planet’s topography was NASA’s Magellan orbiter, which launched 30 years ago. Venus is Earth’s evil twin — and space agencies can no longer resist its pull 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z "If you design a satellite for a 10- or 12-year life, you need to consider the cycle," says Michael Martinez, vice president of mission operations at DigitalGlobe in Westminster, Colorado, which makes high-resolution imaging orbiters. Scientists tackle a burning question: When will our quiet sun turn violent? 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Last week, scientists reported that a careful analysis of data collected by the European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter revealed a plume of methane rising above Gale Crater near the Martian Equator in June 2013. A Gas Could Hint at Signs of Life on Mars. Why Hasn’t a New Spacecraft Found It? 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Europe’s Mars Express orbiter noted the spike as well from that spacecraft’s perch high above the Red Planet, a new study reports. Mars Has Methane--But Does It Have Life? 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z And India hopes to join those ranks later this year, with its Chandrayaan-2 mission that will send an orbiter, lander, and rover to the Moon. Israeli spacecraft poised to become first privately funded lander on the Moon 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z Such a mission would comprise a menagerie of components — an orbiter, a lander and a long-lived station. Venus is Earth’s evil twin — and space agencies can no longer resist its pull 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z While the occasional orbiter has launched to survey the moonsince then,in more than 42 years only one spacecraft touched down softly on the lunar surface: China’s Chang’e 3 in 2013. NASA wants to get to the moon ‘as fast as possible.’ But countries like China and India are racing there, too. 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z However, the orbiter and Curiosity are looking at different places. A Gas Could Hint at Signs of Life on Mars. Why Hasn’t a New Spacecraft Found It? 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z The lander and orbiter traveled to Mars together in 2016, paving the way for the rover to follow later. Europe’s Mars rover will be named after chemist Rosalind Franklin 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z The payload is the eighth and final set of satellites to be launched as Iridium replaces its entire globe-circling fleet with next-generation orbiters. SpaceX launches 10 more Iridium Communications satellites 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z The payload is the eighth and final set of satellites to be launched as Iridium replaces its entire globe-circling fleet with next-generation orbiters. SpaceX launches 10 more Iridium Communications satellites 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z Mars is looking like a cool destination this time of year, especially in this picture recently released by the European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter. Mars orbiter sends a picture-perfect postcard back to Earth 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z On the same day, the orbiter released the Beagle 2 lander, a British probe built on a shoestring budget, which touched down but failed to fully open on the surface. Mars Express beams back images of ice-filled Korolev crater 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z While the orbiter made it into Mars’ orbit in 2016, the ESA’s Schiaparelli lander crashed into the red planet’s surface, a disaster that was likely caused by a software bug. Europe’s Mars rover will be named after chemist Rosalind Franklin 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z The rocket will carry a GPS III satellite, the first of new generation of GPS orbiters. Launch of next generation GPS satellite postponed for 1 day 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z The mission is made up of an orbiter, lander and rover that will examine the moon’s surface. A New Year message from the edge of the solar system 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z The Mars Express orbiter first detected hints of methane in the martian atmosphere in 2004. Martian methane—spotted in 2004—has mysteriously vanished 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z In the meantime the Viking 1 and 2 orbiters set up shop high above the planet. Mars '76 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z Next year, the Indian government is planning to launch a mission, Chandrayaan-2, that includes an orbiter, a lander and a rover. China’s Chang’e-4 Launches on Mission to the Moon’s Far Side 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Some dozen of these orbiters have been launched since 1990, by the United States, but also by new players such as China and Europe. Black-hole bounty, Ebola emergency and UK science minister resigns 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z The United Arab Emirates, meanwhile, aims to send its first spacecraft to Mars in 2020; the orbiter is named Hope, or Amal in Arabic. Planet Earth working on 3 Mars landers to follow InSight 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z The Chinese Mars 2020 will feature both an orbiter and lander. Planet Earth working on 3 Mars landers to follow InSight 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z A Mars orbiter set to image the center of the landing zone on Thursday will miss the lander, because it missed the center slightly. Mars mission got lucky: NASA lander touched down in a sand-filled crater, easing study of planet's interior 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Still working around Mars are six orbiters from the U.S., Named for Roman god of war, Mars isn’t very kind to visitors 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z That includes planetary flybys dating back to the early 1960s, as well as orbiters and landers. Mars getting 1st US visitor in years, a 3-legged geologist 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z That includes planetary flybys dating back to the early 1960s, as well as orbiters and landers. Mars getting 1st US visitor in years, a 3-legged geologist 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z The United Arab Emirates, meanwhile, aims to send its first spacecraft, an orbiter, to Mars in 2020. Planet Earth working on 3 Mars landers to follow InSight 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z That’s why conventional exploration methods usually call for an orbiter or vehicle to fly by a world first before landing on it. NASA’s Europa lander may be in jeopardy after the midterms — and some are fine with seeing it go 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z The orbiter could help settle some of the methane-on-Mars questions once and for all. Mars scientists edge closer to solving methane mystery 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z Scientists are also planning to send two orbiters to Jupiter’s moons. Medical chimps’ retirement, Nobel laureates’ Brexit warning and science mega-prizes 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z Each has been saturated with extensive remote observations by orbiters circling the planet far overhead. Scientists Double Down on Landing Sites for Sample-Collecting Mars Rover 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z Both orbiters will study the planet for one year, with scope for possible one-year extension. BepiColombo spacecraft starts seven-year journey to Mercury 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z Up until reaching Mercury, the two orbiters will travel together attached to a transfer module. This double spacecraft launch could decode Mercury’s mysteries 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z The Americans have already been there, briefly with the Mariner 10 probe in the 1970s, and with the Messenger orbiter earlier this decade. Europe and Japan take aim at Mercury 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z While the BepiColombo mission is expected to last for two years once the orbiters are in position around Mercury, the team say it might continue for longer. BepiColombo spacecraft launches on mission to Mercury 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z The US$1.85-billion expedition, carrying two robotic orbiters, ranks among the most expensive missions undertaken by the European Space Agency, and it includes Japan’s largest contribution yet to an international collaboration in space. Daily briefing: Insect populations are crashing even in lush, protected tropical rainforests 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z The orbiters will investigate the mysteries of the innermost and smallest planet of the Solar System. All systems go for second-ever mission to enter Mercury’s orbit 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z But at the planet, the transfer module will detach, and the two orbiters will be captured by Mercury’s orbit together. This double spacecraft launch could decode Mercury’s mysteries 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z The ultra-high-speed collision turned two space orbiters in a cloud of debris with 2,300 objects. Huh? Carbon Dioxide Emissions Raise Risk of Satellite Collisions 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Once over, the orbiters will be crashed into the planet’s surface. BepiColombo spacecraft launches on mission to Mercury 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z On Wednesday, the company netted a contract with Japanese lunar exploration firm Ispace to launch a lunar orbiter on a Falcon 9 rocket in mid-2020, followed by lunar rovers in mid-2021. SpaceX has big plans for its BFR. Can it find enough billionaires to pay for the rocket? - Los Angeles Times 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Mission controllers lost communication with the rovers in the hours after deployment, when the landers were on the asteroid’s far side, as seen from the orbiter. Gravity glitch, biodefence plan and an asteroid first 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z The team said the silence was probably down to the landers being on the far side of the asteroid, as seen from the orbiter. Japanese Mission Becomes first to Land Rovers on Asteroid 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z Communication with the rovers stopped in the hours after deployment, but the team said that this was probably because the landers are currently on the far side of the asteroid, as seen from the orbiter. Japan’s asteroid mission drops first rovers onto ‘dumpling’ space rock 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z The needlepoint orbiter provides a more compelling perspective on just how big the booms are than simply listing their dimensions. Finding Your Own Way to Put the "A" in STEAM 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z Chandrayaan-2 will carry an orbiter that will travel around the Moon; a lander that will attempt India’s first controlled, or soft, landing; and a rover. India delays second mission to the Moon 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z Given the panel’s limited role of evaluating only existing projects and plans, they could not recommend a new orbiter, Prockter added. U.S. plans for Mars should include more than sample return, report warns 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z Radar measurements taken from the European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter spotted the 12 mile-wide stretch of water at the base of a thick slab of polar ice in a region known as Planum Australe. Huge underground lake raises prospects of life on Mars, say astronomers 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z The discovery was made using Marsis, a radar instrument on board the Mars Express orbiter. Liquid water 'lake' revealed on Mars 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z Built by: European Space Agency Mission: The EnVision Venus orbiter is one of three concepts being considered for the European Space Agency’s Cosmic Vision science programme. Parker Solar Probe: set the controls for the edge of the sun… 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z “Stay tuned, because this European orbiter is about to announce its results, too. So between the two missions, it’s going to be a very exciting time for the Mars methane story.” NASA’s Curiosity rover discovers that methane on Mars changes with the seasons 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z For example, the orbiter Discovery went to space an impressive 39 times, Atlantis hit 33 times, and Endeavour managed 25. Why SpaceX's "Block 5" Is a Big Deal 2018-05-19T04:00:00Z There have been enough robots, landers and orbiters violating the skies and surface of Mars to spark legends and myths and paranoia among whatever life-forms might be there. ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Is Still the ‘Ultimate Trip’ 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z Although the highest profile science goal for the orbiter is arguably its study of gases like methane in the martian atmosphere, it's got some other nifty science instruments on board. Sniffing and Peeking at Mars 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z And then the orbiter will send that information back to Earth. Watch NASA launch its quake-detecting Mars lander Saturday morning 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z At the same time, the main orbiter swept into a highly elliptical path around Mars as planned. Proof of life on Mars may be just months away as EU probe begins fly-bys 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z Jack Burns, an astrophysicist at the University of Colorado Boulder, is leading a proposal to fly a 10-metre-long wire antenna — similar to those of old television sets — on a small lunar orbiter. Physicists in Earth’s remotest corners race to reproduce ‘cosmic dawn’ signal 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z The orbiter begins its mission to look for the trace gases this month. European Space Agency releases 1st image from Mars orbiter 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Picturing one person in a lab declaring “Eureka” is certainly easier than imagining an international team using a cross-time-zone conference call to finalize plans for their upcoming 17-minute window on a lunar orbiter. STEM Is Far More Than the Lone Genius 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z In backing the Europa orbiter and Mars sample return missions for planetary science, Congress endorsed the top choices in a decadal survey released in 2011. Planetary science wins big in NASA’s new spending plan 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z In 2004, Europe’s Mars Express orbiter detected levels of methane in the atmosphere at about 10 parts in a billion. Proof of life on Mars may be just months away as EU probe begins fly-bys 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z The Cassini orbiter, which ended its 13-year tour of the Saturn system last year by burning up in the planet’s atmosphere, also beamed back telemetry measuring that planet’s gravitational field. Juno Peers Deep into Jupiter's Abyss to Reveal Weird Winds 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z “Boeing was involved in building the lunar orbiter. I got to work on that … and support the mission to photograph the surface of the moon.” Boomtown Seattle: Why we move here — and how we’re all in it together 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z When reentering the Earth's atmosphere, the outer surface of the space shuttle orbiter encountered temperatures of nearly 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit. Get ready for the era of hypersonic flight — at five times the speed of sound 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z It was a world record for India and a critical milestone for U.S. companies and institutions, which built 96 of the hand-sized orbiters. New Wave of Mini Satellites Could Boost Climate Research 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z The Indian Space Research Organization intends to send an uncrewed orbiter, lander and rover to the moon in the first half of 2018. SpaceX rocket launches, shooting for moon in 2018 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z While its predecessor was an orbiter, Chandrayaan 2 will comprise an orbiter, lander and rover developed by the country's space agency, ISRO. A science news preview of 2018 2017-12-31T05:00:00Z Previous New Frontiers missions include the New Horizons probe sent to Pluto, the Juno orbiter at Jupiter and the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, which is now en route to collect samples from the asteroid Bennu in 2018. Where Will NASA Go Next? Saturn's Moon Titan, or Maybe a Comet 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z It will then be unpacked by astronauts before being launched from the orbiter to begin its experiments. Space junk mission prepares for launch 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z In the 1990s, cloud-penetrating radar aboard NASA's Magellan orbiter showed relatively few craters, distributed seemingly at random. Armed with tough computer chips, scientists are ready to return to the hell of Venus 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z The orbiter will also beam images of the moon and information about its surface back to Earth. SpaceX rocket launches, shooting for moon in 2018 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z The orbiter will also monitor atmospheric temperatures and moisture, and sea-surface temperatures and ocean color. Trump Administration Is Launching a Weather and Climate Satellite 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z The spacecraft comprises an orbiter that will travel around the Moon, a lander that will touch down in a as-yet undecided location near the Moon’s south pole and a rover. India gears up for second Moon mission 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z Japan calls its Kaguya orbiter the “largest lunar mission since the Apollo program.” It was launched in 2007 with state-of-the-art instruments, deployable satellites and a mission to solve the great mysteries of the moon’s origin. A newly discovered moon tunnel could be the perfect place for a colony, scientists say 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z In the late 2000s, however, the European Venus Express orbiter began to sketch a much livelier picture. Armed with tough computer chips, scientists are ready to return to the hell of Venus 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z NASA’s Curiosity rover and Mars orbiters, in fact, have spotted creases and valleys of river deltas that were likely carved over thousands of years by liquid water. Young Mars farted itself into a warmer world with liquid water 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z The newest polar satellite is part of larger network of orbiters first proposed in 2010. Trump Administration Is Launching a Weather and Climate Satellite 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z "This would allow the orbiters to observe all latitudes of both planets and their moons, as Cassini did through equinox at Saturn." After Cassini's End at Saturn, Outer Planets Exploration Shifts to Jupiter 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z In fact, five such concepts are in the running for NASA’s next New Frontiers mission — the same type flown by the agency’s New Horizons Pluto probe, Juno Jupiter orbiter and OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample-return craft. Cassini's End Marks New Beginning for Exploration of Saturn 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z "We are dreaming of a dedicated Saturn ring orbiter." After a dive into Saturn, Cassini spacecraft melts into history 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z Its next phase will be the Europa Clipper mission, a Jupiter orbiter launching in the 2020s to study the watery depths beneath the Jovian moon’s icy crust. Cassini's "Grand Finale" Will Be a Blaze of Glory 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z As launched in 1997, the spacecraft consisted of two parts: an orbiter, built by NASA, and a lander, the Huygens probe, built by the European Space Agency to explore Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. Cassini Flies Toward a Fiery Death on Saturn 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z Now, after a 3.5-billion-kilometre journey and 13 years spent circling Saturn, the orbiter is running low on fuel. Cassini’s 13 years of stunning Saturn science — in pictures 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z Today’s study tries to answer this question, using satellite data collected by the Moon Mineralogy Mapper instrument on the Chandrayaan-1 orbiter. The Moon has more water than we thought 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z And in 1976, photos by NASA's Viking 1 Mars orbiter showed a landform that bore a striking resemblance to a human face. No Evidence for Past Martian Civilization, Scientists Tell Congress 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z Photos taken by a Chinese orbiter reveal an alien settlement on the moon! How Fake News Goes Viral--Here's the Math 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z The orbiter and lander arrived in July 2004 like wide-eyed tourists at Saturn, the realm of mystery and rings. Cassini Flies Toward a Fiery Death on Saturn 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z Once in orbit round Mercury, the transfer vehicle will release its two orbiters. Flight into the furnace of Mercury could bring us closer in hunt for alien life 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z There are even plans to launch a mission to Mars in 2020 using the Long March 5; that mission would include an orbiter, a lander, and a rover. China’s most powerful rocket failed yesterday. What does that mean for the country’s space plans? 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z What is the interplanetary price tag of a new Mars orbiter? Will Mars Go Mute? NASA's Aging Orbiters May Not Last Long Enough to Support Future Exploration 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z Similar clouds were also spotted on Mars back in 2006, when the Mars Express orbiter saw them floating some 60 miles above the red planet’s surface. Eerie Clouds Glow at Night—How to See Them 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z In 2006, the orbiter took this image of the Opportunity rover, which showed not only the rover but also the tracks in the soil and even the shadow of its camera mast. High Above Mars, a NASA Orbiter Spies the Curiosity Rover 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z To continue our study of Mars, we’re going to need a new orbiter to provide communication capabilities, as well as a vehicle to get any future samples off of Mars. NASA needs to develop new Mars missions now to prevent stall in exploration, organization argues 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z Using data from the Juno orbiter, scientists are examining the planet, inside and out. Greg Gianforte, Manchester, Pittsburgh Penguins: Your Friday Briefing 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z Back in April 2016 the agency requested ideas from U.S. industry about a new Mars orbiter for potential launch in the 2020s. Will Mars Go Mute? NASA's Aging Orbiters May Not Last Long Enough to Support Future Exploration 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z Those are some of the early findings of scientists working on NASA’s Juno mission, an orbiter that arrived at Jupiter on July 4 last year. NASA Spacecraft Finds a Chaotic Dance of Storms at Jupiter’s Poles 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z The orbiter also found Beagle 2, an earlier European Space Agency lander that disappeared in 2003. High Above Mars, a NASA Orbiter Spies the Curiosity Rover 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z The proposed budget also continues funding for ongoing missions such as the Mars 2020 rover, but no additional money to begin developing a follow-on Mars orbiter to replace aging ones currently in orbit. Trump budget would slash science programmes across government 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z The first would be an orbiter, and the second a lander. Science funding spared under congressional budget deal, but more battles ahead 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z With such capacities, the Mars orbiter is ripe for extra assignments such as helping to return precious samples from Mars to Earth or sauntering over and investigating Phobos and Deimos, the planet’s two moons. Will Mars Go Mute? NASA's Aging Orbiters May Not Last Long Enough to Support Future Exploration 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z The shuttle orbiter, its three main engines and the two solid rocket boosters that helped propel the craft for the first two minutes of flight were all able to be refurbished and reused multiple times. SpaceX hopes to launch a recycled rocket. Can it cut the turnaround to a couple days? 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z That's when the pioneering moon orbiter — the first lunar probe ever launched by the Indian Space Research Organization — abruptly went silent just 312 days into what was supposed to be a two-year mission. NASA just found an orbiter that’s been missing around the moon for 8 years 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z The second, slated for 2023, will send an orbiter to 16 Psyche, a massive metallic object in the asteroid belt that is thought to be the exposed iron core of a protoplanet. NASA’s newest missions will explore the solar system’s asteroids 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z In a bitter irony, it was the same US orbiter that managed to spot Europe's earlier attempt at a Mars landing, with the Beagle-2 mission in 2003. Images reveal crashed Mars lander - BBC News 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z The other part of the mission, an orbiter to measure trace gases in the Martian atmosphere, entered orbit above Mars on Wednesday, and its science investigations will continue unaffected by the demise of Schiaparelli. Dark Spot in Mars Photo Is Probably Wreckage of European Spacecraft 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z The shuttle’s boosters jettisoned away from the orbiter two minutes after launch and landed using parachutes in the Atlantic Ocean. SpaceX hopes to launch a recycled rocket. Can it cut the turnaround to a couple days? 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z For a start, the orbiter is the more scientifically important part: it is intended to track the intriguing origins of Martian methane, and to act as a communications relay for the 2020 rover. Mars-probe loss is a chance for ESA to learn 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z The orbiter is the more scientifically valuable of the two halves of the mission: from December 2017, it will study Mars’s atmosphere, aiming to find evidence for possible biological or geological sources of methane gas. Computing glitch may have doomed Mars lander 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Together with information from ESA's Mars Express orbiter and data from the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope near Pune, India, the scientists hope to piece together exactly what happened to their lost lander. Mars lander's potential crash site spotted 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z From a scientific viewpoint, the orbiter rather than the lander holds more value. ESA Says ExoMars Orbiter Spacecraft in Proper Orbit around Red Planet 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z During the next decade, our understanding of Mars would grow tremendously, thanks to missions that successfully delivered three more orbiters with even more advanced instruments on board. What Mars Maps Got Right (and Wrong) Through Time Both European and American orbiters were tasked with tracking the event. No signal from European Schiaparelli Mars lander - BBC News 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z The other half is an orbiter — also designed by ESA — that will analyse gases in Mars’s atmosphere, starting from December 2017. Europe and Russia prepare for historic landing on Mars 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z That orbiter is now getting ready to point to Earth, rather than at the Schiaparelli lander, and relay its recordings to Earth, where they will be analysed. Mars landing: tense wait as ESA determines whether Schiaparelli probe has landed safely - live 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z The orbiter is circling the planet at an altitude of about 249 miles. ESA Says ExoMars Orbiter Spacecraft in Proper Orbit around Red Planet 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z The gravitational pull on an orbiter while it is passing over a mountainous region is very slightly stronger than when it is over plains, and the pull is weaker over a canyon. What Mars Maps Got Right (and Wrong) Through Time ExoMars 2016, a joint mission of the European and Russian space agencies, consists of an orbiter and a lander that arrived at the red planet on Wednesday. Mars Landing and Orbit Attempt Underway by ExoMars Spacecraft 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Observations by Earth-based telescopes and by spacecraft — including the European Space Agency’s previous Mars orbiter, Mars Express — found transient signs of the gas. ExoMars, Poised to Reach Red Planet and Gather Clues 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z A mosaic image from a Mars orbiter shows the topography of Gusev Crater. NASA’s Bold Plan to Hunt for Fossils on Mars Russia launched the orbiter and lander on March 14 on a Proton rocket and provides some onboard equipment. ESA Says ExoMars Orbiter Spacecraft in Proper Orbit around Red Planet 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z This geologic map of Mars from 2014 was based on data from four Mars orbiters. What Mars Maps Got Right (and Wrong) Through Time Neither the orbiter nor the lander will want for company in and around the red planet. Mars Landing and Orbit Attempt Underway by ExoMars Spacecraft 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z The new orbiter carries a better instrument than the one on Mars Express. ExoMars, Poised to Reach Red Planet and Gather Clues 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z It is hoped Schiaparelli will fare better than its predecessor, Beagle 2, which vanished on Christmas Day in 2003 after separating from the Mars Express orbiter. ESA Mars probe Schiaparelli detaches from mothership for descent 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z The orbiter carries an array of sensors to analyze trace gases looking for hints of current or past biological or geological activity on the planet. ESA Says ExoMars Orbiter Spacecraft in Proper Orbit around Red Planet 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z In 2020, the European Space Agency and China each plan to launch Mars rovers, while the United Arab Emirates will send an orbiter. NASA rethinks approach to Mars exploration 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z Schiaparelli separated from the orbiter on Sunday and was to have set down just before 11 a.m. Mars Landing and Orbit Attempt Underway by ExoMars Spacecraft 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Now the long, dramatic journey of the Rosetta space orbiter is about to end. Rosetta probe is ending successful mission with tumble into comet 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Radio ranging data helped narrow down the search area, and images taken by the Rosetta orbiter revealed several objects that might be Philae. The Philae spacecraft was lost on a comet for two years. Now it’s been found. 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z Among such measurements, are data collected by the Consert instrument, which fired radio signals between the lander and the Rosetta orbiter to probe the internal make-up of the comet. Lost Philae lander found as Rosetta mission draws to a close 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z Secondly, July marked Mars’ autumnal equinox, giving the orbiter the most complete, fully-lit views of the planet it will get for the rest of the year. See the Best News Images From the Camera Orbiting Mars 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z The orbiter’s primary mission is to search for methane and other gases in the Martian atmosphere. Mars Landing and Orbit Attempt Underway by ExoMars Spacecraft 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Experts say there is no chance the orbiter will survive its Friday collision with the comet. Rosetta probe is ending successful mission with tumble into comet 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z But the orbiter was too high above the comet, and the images too low in resolution, for scientists to be certain what they were looking at. The Philae spacecraft was lost on a comet for two years. Now it’s been found. 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z The U.S. made its first lunar flyby in 1959, only six months after its first satellite, Explorer 1, though it took eight more years and several failed attempts to succeed with a lunar orbiter. AP Exclusive: North Korea hopes to plant flag on the moon 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z While the two landers relayed bleak photos and disappointing data from the surface, the orbiters that were launched along with them revealed landscapes that looked strikingly like ones on our own planet. Why NASA still believes we might find life on Mars 2016-07-30T04:00:00Z Early on Monday, the orbiter completed maneuvers to avoid a collision with Mars. Mars Landing and Orbit Attempt Underway by ExoMars Spacecraft 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z The orbiter was traveling some 125,000 mph as it closed in on the king of the planets. Why scientists are so excited about the Juno probe that is finally orbiting Jupiter 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z Other missions that would receive continued support were: the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, the Opportunity and Curiosity Mars rovers, the Mars Odyssey orbiter, and the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. NASA’s Dawn mission denied asteroidal third act 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z “My personal guess, however, is that they might try but they will fail, and we will not see a successful North Korea lunar orbiter for at least two decades, if ever.” AP Exclusive: North Korea hopes to plant flag on the moon 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z Mark your calendars and stock up on tissues: On Sept. 30, the European Space Agency's Rosetta orbiter will crash into a cometary cemetery. The Rosetta orbiter’s days are officially numbered 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z The scientists were working with a rough approximation based on chemical tests conducted by Mars orbiters and landers. Food grown in fake Mars soil probably won’t kill you 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z There is one other unresolved issue about Viking: Whatever happened to the two orbiters? NASA’s 1976 Viking mission to Mars did everything right — except find Martians 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z The Pavilion displayed futuristic technology—Vostok rockets and Soyuz orbiters—but Epstein was less interested in the glories of advanced thruster design than in the glories of space. Miracle Microbes? 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z A massive space shuttle external propellant tank is squeezing through the streets of Los Angeles to join a display of the retired orbiter Endeavour at the California Science Center. The Latest: Space shuttle tank treks to Los Angeles museum 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z What’s more, a crewed orbiter would allow for real-time control of Mars rovers, a potentially huge help to scientists, who currently face up to 45-minute communications delays. Want Humans on Mars? Start With a Martian Space Station. 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z In little more than eight minutes and 70 miles above the Earth, the tank’s job would be done, detaching from the orbiter and falling away on a planned trajectory over an ocean. Space shuttle external tank to be displayed in Los Angeles 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z In little more than eight minutes and 70 miles above the Earth, the tank's job would be done, detaching from the orbiter and falling away on a planned trajectory over an ocean. NASA's last flight-capable space shuttle external fuel tank is set to arrive in Los Angeles, will join retired orbiter Endeavour on display at the California Science Center 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z The acoustic energy — that is, thunderous noise — that reflected off the launchpad and back onto the vehicle at liftoff was far greater than predicted and damaged the orbiter. The right stuff behind the first luanch of the space shuttle Columbia 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z The U.S. space shuttle's three main engines returned to Earth with the orbiter after each flight. The Forgotten Soviet Space Shuttle Could Fly Itself 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z The resulting images will complement surveys of the planet’s poles from the European Space Agency’s Venus Express orbiter, which ended its mission in 2014. Rescued Japanese spacecraft delivers first results from Venus 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z Sunrise bathes the red planet's craters in this computer-generated view created using data from Mars orbiters. This Week’s Night Sky: Watch Mars Reverse Its Tracks 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z In 2004, ESA’s Mars Express orbiter measured levels of methane in the atmosphere at about 10 parts in a billion, suggesting there is at least some being produced on the planet. ExoMars spacecraft sets off in search of alien life 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Beagle 2 disappeared during the landing process, a setback the agency is keen to avoid this time, hence the decision to separate the orbiter mission from the actual landing attempt. The European Space Agency has begun the first stage of a 2-part mission to explore Mars and hunt for signs of life on the red planet 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z The prototype will be launched in two years after a first unmanned orbiter and experimental landing module leaves Earth as part of the ExoMars programme. Meet Bruno, the ExoMars rover due for blast off in 2018 - BBC News 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z Specifically, the orbiter is looking for traces of methane — a potential indicator of biological life on the planetary surface below. Phase one of the ExoMars mission launches tomorrow to find life on the Red Planet 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z This poster from Pop Chart Lab follows the rough path of every "orbiter, lander, rover, flyby, and impactor to ever slip the surly bonds of Earth’s orbit." One poster contains the history of space exploration 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z The orbiter will also act as a relay for a follow-up Mars rover, due to be launched in 2018. Mars launch to test collaboration between Europe and Russia 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z The European Space Agency and Roscosomos, Russia's space agency, are sending two spacecraft — one orbiter and one lander — to Mars next week as part of the joint ExoMars mission. NASA officially delays its next mission to Mars until 2018 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z The orbiter and lander are slated to reach Mars later this year in October, the ESA says. All the space missions you should be hyped for this year 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z That was a feat achieved only once before, when the Galileo orbiter arrived at Jupiter in 1995 and released a probe into the planet’s clouds. Why an American Spacecraft Is Almost at Jupiter 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z That could have thrown the shuttle sharply off course or resulted in the kind of mishap that consumed the same orbiter last week. From the Archives: First U.S. Space-Flight Disaster Stuns Nation 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z ESA designed the orbiter and lander projects but a Russian rocket will launch them and they will carry Russian instruments. Mars launch to test collaboration between Europe and Russia 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Here, an artist’s rendering show’s NASA’s Juno orbiter, which will arrive at Jupiter on July 4. This Week’s Night Sky: Moon Dances With Neighboring Worlds The orbiter is designed to study Mars’ atmosphere. All the space missions you should be hyped for this year 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z Intriguingly, one of Benson’s favourite photographs for Otherworlds predates the genesis of his artistic interest in space: a black-and-white print, titled Crescent Moon and Earth, which was taken from one of Nasa’s lunar orbiters. Mercury rising – the planets as you have never seen them before 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z We need to send an orbiter or a lander to Pluto next time. 2015: Eyewitness accounts of the year’s most defining moments 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z “The launch is crucial because it’s symbolic,” says Oleg Korablev of the Space Research Institute, Moscow, who is principal investigator for the Atmospheric Chemistry Suite on the orbiter. Mars launch to test collaboration between Europe and Russia 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z This would put the orbiter several thousand kilometres away at its closest approach, rather than several hundred. Japan orbiter seeks second shot at Venus 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z The orbiter will also drop a probe on to the surface to test technologies needed to land the second mission - a rover - that should arrive in 2019. Europe's ExoMars missions are go - finally - BBC News 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z The orbiter will also descend much more slowly than Philae did, allowing it to gather more data and better pictures. Historic Rosetta mission to end with crash into comet 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z The orbiter's left wing was damaged by a piece of insulating foam falling off its external fuel tank. VW and the never-ending cycle of corporate scandals - BBC News 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z Known as ExoMars 2016, it consists of a lander that will study the planet’s dust storms, and an orbiter that will analyse its atmosphere, including looking for methane. Mars launch to test collaboration between Europe and Russia 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z She asks guides to mention several features of the bottling line, such as the recycled cardboard boxes and the “orbiter” that shoots nitrogen into each bottle. What Really Goes Down in a Wine Tasting Room 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z For most missions, like the Cassini orbiter at Saturn, the requirements are fairly simple — do not crash into a body where life might exist, and when done, dispose of the spacecraft. Mars Is Pretty Clean. Her Job at NASA Is to Keep It That Way 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z Navigating while close to the comet will be difficult because the body’s gravitational field is uneven, but spacecraft-operations manager Sylvain Lodiot hopes that the orbiter will transmit until the very end. Historic Rosetta mission to end with crash into comet 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z A Venus radar orbiter would map the planet’s cloud-enshrouded surface from above, while an atmospheric probe would descend directly through the layers of haze. NASA narrows its list of planetary targets 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z The orbiter will also serve as a communications platform, including for ExoMars’s future rover, which will break new ground — literally. Mars launch to test collaboration between Europe and Russia 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z |
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