(The Monitor Daily, US) – The European Space Agency redoubles its efforts to contact Philae, the comet lander. ESA tries to reestablish contact with the prodigal lander after it has gone dark in the summer. On 2nd of March 2003, the European Space Agency launched Philae into space. Its primary mission was to land on the 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet to conduct a series of … [Read more...]
Kepler Returns with News about New Worlds
It’s pretty exciting to hear news about strange and pristine worlds out there. And it would seem that the recent American Astronomical Associating meeting fuels our inclination towards exploring new vistas. The 227th meeting broke the news on the prodigal spacecraft’s ventures. Kepler returns with news about new worlds, after suffering from a crippling instrument malfunction … [Read more...]
Cassini Pays One Last Visit to Enceladus
According to NASA’s flight directorate, Cassini will have to say farewell to Enceladus. Cassini pays one last to Enceladus before being reassigned to work on other space exploration projects. It’s been a while since Cassini was first launched in space. During this time, the scientists working for NASA have used Cassini’s high-resolution sensors in order to study many … [Read more...]
Akatsuki Slings into Venus’s Orbit
The Japanese Aerospace Exploration agency announced they’ve granted Akatsuki, the wonder-probe, the benefit of the doubt. Akatsuki slings into Venus’s orbit, taking some amazing shots of the planet’s dense and toxic atmosphere. As they say, no one can hear you scream out there, in the void of space and that there is no place for failure when it comes to space exploration. … [Read more...]