After receiving feedback from the science backroom, astronauts Takuya Onishi (JAXA), Thomas Pesquet (ESA) and Jessica Wittner (NASA) proceeded to sample small quantities of pyroclasts.
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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 […]
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.
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, […]
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.
BepiColombo Observes Escaping Oxygen And Carbon In An Unexplored Region Of Venus’s Magnetosphere
A fleeting visit of the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission to Venus has revealed surprising insights into how gases are stripped away from the upper layers of the planet’s atmosphere.
ESA PANGAEA Away Team Tricorder Practice
ESA PANGAEA 2022-2023 course trainees investigate the mineral content in a rock outcrop, using the spectrometer associated with the Electronic FieldBook.
ESA PANGAEA Away Team Training At Caldera Blanca Volcano
NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson and ESA astronaut Alexander Guerst during their training along the rim of the Caldera Blanca volcano.
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 […]
Mars Express Celebrates 25,000 Orbits
ESA’s Mars Express recently looped around Mars for the 25,000th time – and the orbiter has captured yet another spectacular view of the Red Planet to mark the occasion.
