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The ExoMars Rover is Ready, now it Just Needs a new Ride to Mars
With the recent termination of cooperation between the ESA and Roscosmos, the Rosalind Franklin rover will need another way to…
ESA’s Solar Orbiter Takes a Ludicrously High Resolution Image of the Sun
The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter snaps an amazing image, en route to its first close pass near the Sun.
ExoMars is Suspended. ESA is Looking for new Solutions to Replace Russian Components
Coordination between countries in space exploration is widespread. However, sometimes that coordination falls apart. In most cases, that failure is…
Testing an Antenna That Will Float in the Atmosphere of Venus
Radar is finicky. It is extraordinarily useful for a multitude of tasks, but testing it for some particular tasks is…
Europe’s ExoMars Rover Will Likely Miss This Year’s Launch Window Because of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
As countries around the world respond to Russia's invasion of Ukraine with sanctions aimed at crippling Moscow and Vladimir Putin,…
Satellites can now see Exactly Where Methane is Being Dumped Into the Atmosphere
Methane is one of the most important greenhouse gases, despite the overwhelming interest in carbon dioxide emissions as the primary…
Could Astronauts Hibernate on Long Space Voyages?
The ESA is investigating hibernation technology that could allow astronauts to remain healthy during long-duration missions to Mars and beyond
Astronomers Finally Find a Second Asteroid in Earth’s Trojan Belt
Earth has a new companion. Asteroid 2020 XL5, a newly discovered kilometer-wide carbonaceous space rock, has been discovered at Earth’s…
Rings Inside a Martian Crater Reveal its Ancient History
Is this a closeup look at a tree stump, or an orbital view of an impact crater? At first glance,…
13 Rovers Recently Competed to Scour the (Simulated) Moon to Harvest Resources
Challenges are one way to encourage innovation. They’ve been leveraged by numerous space and non-space research organizations in the last…