Highly anticipated data from Juno's first flyby of Jupiter hasarrived and the data is shattering...Swan, Noelle
“it is stronger in some places and weaker in others. This uneven distribution suggests that the field might be generated by dynamo action closer to the surface, above the layer of metallic hydrogen. Every flyby we execute
NASA's Juno orbiter has made its first andnearest orbital flybyof Jupiter, snapping the closest close-up ever of giant planet's north pole. The unmanned probe made its 130,000 mph (208,000 km/h) approach at 6:44 am PDT (13:44 GMT) on Saturday, passing within 2,600 mi (4,200 k...
The European Space Agency's Juice craft will return to Earth tonight, taking part in a "world first" fly-by. Flight controllers will guide the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice), with UK-made scientific instruments on board, past the moon and then Earth. The risky manoeuvre will take Juice...
Chinese scientists are preparing for more missions in the Tianwen series, including ventures to return rock samples from Mars and an asteroid, to perform a flyby of Jupiter and to explore the margins of the sun's vast heliosphere. But if Tianwen-1 reaches Mars as planned, "it will put ...
The first real and successful venture to Pluto was conducted in 2015. The flyby came as close as 8,000 miles to Pluto’s surface—a record—taking close-upimages of its terrain. 2021: First helicopter on Mars NASA’s Perseverance rover successfully landed on Mars on Feb. 18, ...
On its journey Rosetta had to survive the searing heat of the Sun from the distance of Venus, as well as temperatures dipping down to minus 270°C in deep space from the distance of Jupiter, all the while making sure its fuel did not freeze. ...
messenger rotated to face the earth by 9:45 p.m., and started transmitting data. engineering and operations teams confirmed the maneuver went according to plan. the event marks the end of a 6½-year journey for messenger, which has made 12 laps around the solar system, two flybys past...
The Lucy spacecraft is on its way to the orbit of Jupiter to study the Trojan asteroids there. But first it will make a flyby of an asteroid called Dinkinesh.
When SLS reaches the launchpad later this week, it will undergo final tests in preparation for the uncrewed Artemis I mission that could launch as early as May this year. Artemis I will involve SLS sending Orion on a flyby of the moon with the spacecraft set to return to Earth about 26...