Posted inCallisto, Europa, Exploration Gear & Tech, Ganymede, Icy Worlds, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Io, Jupiter, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Bathymetry, Missions & Hardware, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, Status Report

Contribution Of PRIDE VLBI Products To The Joint JUICE-Europa Clipper Moons’ Ephemerides Solution

In the coming decade, JUICE and Europa Clipper radio-science will yield the most accurate estimation to date of the Galilean moons’ physical parameters and ephemerides. JUICE’s PRIDE (Planetary Radio Interferometry […]

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Webb Maps Weather On Hot Gas-giant Exoplanet WASP-43b

An international team of researchers has successfully used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to map the weather on the hot gas-giant exoplanet WASP-43 b.

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A Cometary Landcape Covered With Organic Chemicals

Editor’s note: according to “Organic compounds on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko revealed by COSAC mass spectrometry” – “Comets harbor the most pristine material in our solar system in the form of ice, […]

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Tricorder Tech: Astronaut Kate Rubins Uses ESA’s Electronic FieldBook Microscope

NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins as she produces science documentation using of the Electronic FieldBook (EFB) and associated science instruments.

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Data Availability And Requirements Relevant For The Ariel Space Mission And Other Exoplanet Atmosphere Applications

The goal of this white paper is to provide a snapshot of the data availability and data needs primarily for the Ariel space mission, but also for related atmospheric studies […]

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Geological Mars Map Developed For The Rosalind Franklin Rover Mission

A team of European scientists have published the most detailed geological map of Oxia Planum – the landing site for ESA’s Rosalind Franklin rover on Mars. This thorough look at […]

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