Because of the eccentricity and inclination of Earth and Venus orbits, and the small but nonzero angles of encounter, actual numbers have a range. However, these numbers serve as starting points for orbit design. 3.2 Launcher requirements The ASTROD I spacecraft will first be launched to a ...
The Mars 2020 mission has four primary objectives: explore Jezero Crater as an astrobiologically relevant ancient environment on Mars, to decipher its geological processes and history, including the assessment of the past habitability conditions; assess the biosignature preservation potential and search for...
“a record-breaking number of more than 12,500 people from all 22 ESA Member States, Canada, Slovenia and Malta took part in this year’s challenge across both Mission Space Lab and Mission Zero” (https://www.esa.int/Education/AstroPI/European_Astro_Pi_Challenge_Mission_Space_Lab_winners...
For over half a century, scientists have contemplated the potential existence of life within the clouds of Venus. Unknown chemistry leaves open the possibility that certain regions of the Venusian atmosphere are habitable. In situ atmospheric measurement