Wind-blown piles of dust and nothing more, or even layers of ice? Mars Express, the European planetary probe designed to study Mars from orbit, has refocused its attention on one of the Red Planet’s most mysterious features, the Medusae Fossae Formation (MFF), to shed light on its composition. The new findings indicate the presence of … Read more
JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer)a long-prepared mission under the banner of the European Space Agency (ESA), in which the Czech scientists and companies, was supposed to take off on Thursday at 14:15 CET from the European Cosmodrome in the tropical South American French Guiana. However, the start was canceled shortly before the engines were ignited … Read more
The lift-off of the Ariane 5 rocket with the JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer) probe was delayed by almost exactly 24 hours shortly before the launch due to the weather at the spaceport in South America – specifically due to the excessive risk of lightning. The next attempt can take place already on Friday at … Read more
On Monday, December 5, the next maneuver will guide the spacecraft on its way back to Earth. Yesterday at 22:53 CET, the Orion spacecraft completed a 105-second powered maneuver (Δv = 138 m/s) to leave the DRO’s orbit. A corrective maneuver followed today at around 04:53 CET, and on December 5, the next maneuver will … Read more
Webb’s NIRCam image of Neptune on July 12 brought the planet’s rings into focus for the first time in more than three decades, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the European Space Agency (ESA) said. – “It’s been three decades since we’ve seen these faint dust rings, and this is the first time … Read more