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Trajectory Design For A Titan-Enceladus Plume Sampling Pseudo-orbiter Mission

by Keith Cowing

The exploration of the Saturnian system, and in particular the plumes and subsurface ocean of Enceladus, has been identified as a key science theme for ESA’s Voyage 2050 program.

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NASA Instruments On ESA Juice Astrobiology Probe Image Earth’s Radiation Belt

by Keith Cowing

From Aug. 19-20, ESA’s (European Space Agency’s) Juice (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) mission made history with a daring lunar-Earth flyby and double gravity assist maneuver, a spaceflight first. As the […]

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