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Schedule Conflict May Delay Launch of James Webb Space Telescope to 2019
A time-sensitive mission to explore the planet Mercury, already delayed several times, may force the European Space Agency (ESA) and Arianespace to push back the launch of NASA’s multi-billion dollar James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) into early 2019. More
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in News, NASA, AmericaSpace, Spaceflight, Mars, Space, Science, Space Exploration, InSight, InSightNASA Eyes May 2018 for InSight Mars Lander Launch, Pending Instrument Redesign
In December, those following the Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission, planned to launch on a trek to Mars this month aboard a ULA Atlas-V launch vehicle, were disappointed when it was announced that the mission would be suspended due to a vacuum leak in a critical science component. However, […] More
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Goodnight, Sweet Philae: Bid to Reawaken Rosetta’s Lander Near Impossible
It would have been a heroic coda to an already ambitious, historic mission, but alas, it was not meant to be. For the past few months, controllers at Germany’s DLR (the German Aerospace Center) have been sending commands to Philae, Rosetta’s lander, which touched down not once, but three times upon the surface of Comet […] More
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in News, Spaceflight, Space, Science, ESA, Space Exploration, European Space Agency, Comets, Solar System, RosettaRosetta Mission and Philae Lander Celebrate One Year Since Historic Touchdown on a Comet
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta mission continues to capture the world’s imagination one year following the historic touchdown(s) of its Philae lander. On Nov. 12, Philae surpassed its one-year anniversary at its final landing site, Abydos, where it came to rest after bouncing twice on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. ESA recently released an animation depicting Philae’s […] More
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Rosetta Detects Molecular Oxygen at Comet 67P, Adding to Year of Firsts
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft has uncovered yet another first, capping off a year of milestones: Yesterday it was announced that it made the first detection of molecular oxygen at its target comet, Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. This latest announcement comes over a year after the spacecraft first arrived at its destination, over 10 years […] More
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in News, Spaceflight, Space, Space Exploration, German Aerospace Center, European Space Agency, Solar System, RosettaESA’s Historic Rosetta Mission Extended Through September 2016
The European Space Agency (ESA) announced that the Rosetta mission, which saw the spacecraft successfully orbit a comet and set a lander down upon its surface in a series of historic firsts, has been extended. Just days after it was revealed Philae, Rosetta’s lander, was “alive” again after being silent for seven months, ESA stated […] More
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Philae Is Alive! ESA Comet Lander Feared Dead, Phones Home After 7 Months of Silence
The European Space Agency (ESA) made history last fall with the long-awaited arrival of their Rosetta mission to comet 67P, a decade-long trip intended to establish orbit around a cold and ancient time capsule from the darkest depths of the outer Solar System. But not only that, Rosetta brought along Philae, a lander. Humanity had […] More
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Biological Research Investigations and Hardware Maintenance Activities Highlight Busy Week on ISS
The Expedition 43 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) completed work on more biological investigations last week, along with performing maintenance on components of their $100 billion orbiting home and workplace. Studies for ongoing research on the ISS, along with experiments specifically taking place for the One Year Mission, also continued. The next set […] More
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Aging Studies, Muscle Investigations, and Other Biological Research Keeping ISS Expedition 43 Busy
The Expedition 43 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) kept busy last week working on a large variety of research and experiments, most of which focused on learning how to improve the health of those living both on and off the planet. NASA astronaut Scott Kelly worked on tasks related to two investigations last […] More
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Rosetta and Philae Capture First Detailed Magnetic Measurements of a Comet Nucleus
Europe’s history-making cometary explorers—Rosetta and Philae—have captured the “first ever detailed measurements of the magnetic properties of a comet nucleus” in our Solar System and found that their target comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is “not magnetized,” according to the research team leading the project. More
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Various Health Studies and Dragon CRS-6 Preparations Highlight Busy Week for Expedition 43
The six people who make up the Expedition 43 crew in orbit on the International Space Station (ISS) kept busy this week with a full schedule of work to accomplish a variety of science experiments, all the while making final preparations for an upcoming cargo delivery with the SpaceX CRS-6 Dragon. One Year mission crew members, […] More
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Rosetta Team Completely Rethinking Comet Close Encounter Strategy
The operations team leading Europe’s fabulously successful Rosetta mission to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is now “rethinking” the strategy on how they will approach the spewing ice ball during future flybys, after impacts from a hail of debris strikes caused the probe to be “confused” and then enter “safe mode” and shut down the science instruments during […] More
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