Missions
New Mission to Mercury Approved
A key Japanese government committee has approved a joint Japanese/European mission to the planet Mercury. BepiColombo, named after the late…
Antenna Problems on SOHO
Image credit: ESA The NASA/ESA SOHO spacecraft, which observes the Sun, is having problems pointing its high-gain antenna, which it…
Stardust Completes Course Correction
Image credit: NASA NASA's Stardust probe completed a minor course correction on Thursday, now only 198 days away from its…
ESA’s Rosetta Gets a New Target
Image credit: ESA The comet-chasing spacecraft Rosetta has been given a new comet to chase: Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The European Space…
Rosetta Will Have to Be Dismantled
Now that Rosetta has been delayed indefinitely from its original mission to visit Comet Wirtanen, technicians have to dismantle the…
Rosetta Launch Postponed Indefinitely
Just a day after they announced that Rosetta could be flying by the end of the month, the European Space…
Rosetta Due for Late January Launch
Image credit: ESA The European Space Agency's Rosetta mission will be the first spacecraft to ever orbit and then land…
Comet Chasing Spacecraft Delivered to Spaceport
Image credit: ESA The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft was shipped to the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana in preparation…
NASA Loses Comet Chasing Spacecraft
NASA scientists haven't given up hope in their search for the missing Contour spacecraft, which disappeared shortly after it was…
Cassini Camera Working Fine Again
Image credit: NASA Controllers for the Cassini spacecraft received some good news last week when the latest set of test…