Space Missions
News of current and future space missions
Jun 11, 2011
"On June 9, Chang'e-2, China's second Moon orbiter, left our nearest astronomical neighborhood and headed out into the solar system."
Jun 11, 2011
"NASA's Dawn mission to the doughnut-shaped asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter is approaching Vesta, some 220 million miles from Earth."
Jun 3, 2011
"On 8 June, mission controllers will have the first opportunity to switch
Jun 2, 2011
"When Voyager 1 passed into the heliosheath in 2004, it became the first man-made object to explore the remote edge of the Sun's magnetic influence."
Jun 1, 2011
"For BepiColombo, ESA has had to extend the limits of existing design standards and develop altogether new design concepts as well."
Exploration of the Solar System in the coming month
May 27, 2011
"NASA will launch the robotic OSIRIS-REx mission in 2016."
May 16, 2011
"The first tiny satellite to search for Earthlike planets is scheduled to launch in 2012."
May 14, 2011
"NASA recently selected 20 small satellites to fly as auxiliary cargo aboard rockets that are planned to launch in 2011 and 2012. The 'CubeSats' include the ExoPlanetSat, which will aid in the search for Earth-like planets by monitoring a single star."
May 11, 2011
"NASA's Dawn spacecraft has obtained its first image of the giant asteroid Vesta, which will help fine-tune navigation during its approach."
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