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CHEOPS Just Opened Its Eyes to Start Studying Known Exoplanets, We Should See the First Picture in a Few Weeks
The CHEOPS (CHaracterising ExOPlanets Satellite) spacecraft just opened the cover on its telescope. The spacecraft was launched on December 18th 2019 and…
ESA is Going to Test Two Rovers Working Together to Explore the Moon
The ESA is working on a system (TRAILER) that will allow two robots to work in tandem and explore the…
ESA’s CHEOPS Just Launched. We’re About to Learn a LOT More About Exoplanets
The CHEOPS mission is underway. On December 18th, the exoplanet-studying spacecraft launched from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana aboard…
An Upcoming ESA Mission is Going to Remove one Piece of Space Junk From Orbit
A specialized spacecraft will be sent to orbit by the ESA in 2025 to remove a piece of space debris,…
ESA Astronaut Luca Parmitano will be Controlling a Rover From Space
The ESA has begun conducting experiments as part of their Analog project, which will allow human operators to control robotic…
Skylon’s SABRE Engine Passes a Big Test
Reaction Engines Ltd. recently passed a major milestone with the development of their SABRE engine, which could lead to spaceplanes…
Astronauts Explore Caves on Earth, Learning the Skills They’ll Need for the Moon and Mars
We're accustomed to astronauts pulling off their missions without a hitch. They head up to the International Space Station for…
Europe and US are Going to Try and Deflect an Asteroid
The ESA and NASA are getting closer to mounting the AIDA mission, which will will test the effectiveness of asteroid…
Even Though it Hasn’t Launched Yet, JUICE Took its First Images of Jupiter and its Moons
Is there a more complicated and sophisticated technological engineering project than a spacecraft? Maybe a particle accelerator or a fusion…
Thanks to Gaia, we Now Know Exactly How Big Europa is
The ESA's Gaia mission recently allowed astronomers to catch a glimpse of Europa as it passed in front of a…