[ESA] The European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) will return to Earth on 28 September, with flight controllers guiding the spacecraft close to our home planet to alter […]
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![LT solution with 2036 launch. Continuous thick curve: trajectory, Short segments: thrust law, Dashed lines: planet and comet orbits. -- [astro-ph.EP]](https://i0.wp.com/astrobiology.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Double-Gravity.png?resize=1200%2C718&ssl=1)
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Double Gravity-Assist Rendezvous Trajectory to Halley’s Comet Using Deep-Space Low Thrust
[astro-ph.EP] The perihelion of comet 1P/Halley in 2061 is an excellent chance to revisit this object of outstanding scientific and cultural relevance. During its 1986 approach to the Sun, it […]
Posted inAstrochemistry, Astrogeology, Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Biophysics, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Cryobiology, Habitable Zones, Icy Worlds, Missions & Hardware, Sample Return, Status Report, Titan, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Trajectory Design For A Titan-Enceladus Plume Sampling Pseudo-orbiter Mission
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.
Posted inAstrogeology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Europa, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Bathymetry, Missions & Hardware, Press Release
Europa Clipper Astrobiology Explorer Prepares For A Mars Gravity Assist
On March 1, NASA’s Europa Clipper will streak just 550 miles (884 kilometers) above the surface of Mars for what’s known as a gravity assist — a maneuver to bend […]
Posted inGaia - Planetary Perspectives, Jupiter, Magnetic Fields, Electromagnetism, bioelectricity,, Missions & Hardware, Press Release, Radiation, Space Weather & Heliophysics
NASA Instruments On ESA Juice Astrobiology Probe Image Earth’s Radiation Belt
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 […]