On most Venus missions, a large landing module was stored in a spherical reentry pod, 2.4 meters (8 feet) in diameter. The spacecraft bus carried the power system and solar panels -- two panels for most Venus missions, or four panels for Mars missions, and the Venus radar mapping missio...
The lander Philae achieved a world first of landing on a comet – and it successfully carried out the majority of its mission sending scientific data up to Rosetta for onwards transmission to Earth. Its final resting place was sadly too shady to keep its batteries charged and so after 55 hou...
A press conference was held at theVenus Institute of Technology.“ We have come to the conclusion, based on last week's satellite landing," Prof.Zog said, that there is no life on Earth."“How do you know this?" the science reporter of the Venus Evening Star asked.“For one thing, ...
plains. It will capture images comparable to an airplane's landing view of Earth's surface. Scientists will use the photos to compile 3D maps of Alpha Regio that will provide more detail than ever of Venus' terrain, helping them look for rocks that are usually only made in associa...
In this paper, we present results of surface pressure, air temperature and wind data from the Mars Climate Station at Zhurong’s landing site. The data is collected in 176 solar days out of the entire rover’s mission time, 325 solar days. We use a trigonometric function to fit the ...
NASA’sDeep Space Atomic Clockconcluded a successful two-year mission to advance precise timekeeping in space, and a version of the instrument was selected to fly to Venus aboard the VERITAS mission. Cutting-edge technology, such asTerrain-Relative Navigation,helped land Persevera...
A press conference was held at the Venus Institute of Technology. "We have come to the conclusion, based on last weeks satellite landing, "Prof. Zog said, that there is no life on Earth.”“How do you know this? "the science reporter of the Venus Evening News asked "For one thing, ...
Although the USSR reached several important milestones, such as the first craft on the Moon (Luna 2) and the first human in space (Yuri Gagarin), the U.S. pulled ahead eventually with its Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs, which culminated in Apollo 11's manned landing on the moon on...
(COMIC: In-Between Times [+]) Landing on an unnamed planet, the Doctor, Susan, Ian and Barbara found a path of skulls laid to honour the dead. (COMIC: The Path of Skulls [+]) The TARDIS landed on an island on Marinus, where Arbitan asked the Doctor and his friends to search ...
As one of the seven scientific payloads on board the Tianwen-1 orbiter, the Mars Orbiter Magnetometer (MOMAG) will measure the magnetic fields of and surrounding Mars to study its space environment and the interaction with the solar wind. The instrument consists of two identical triaxial fluxgat...