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Asteroid mission given formal landing clearance

Asteroid mission given formal landing clearance

by Jonathan Nally | Aug 21, 2020 | Astronomy, News, Space missions

Above: Artist’s impression of Hayabusa2 nearing Earth in December 2020. Image ©Akihiro Ikeshita. AUSTRALIA HAS GIVEN the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) official approval to land the sample-return module of its Hayabusa2 spacecraft on Australian soil in...
Perseverance rover is on its way to Mars

Perseverance rover is on its way to Mars

by Jonathan Nally | Jul 31, 2020 | Astronomy, Planets, Space missions

NASA’S LATEST AND MOST AMBITIOUS MISSION to Mars was successfully launched in the early hours of Friday, July 31 (Sydney time), ascending on an Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Carrying a rover called...
Mars 2020’s protective cocoon nears completion

Mars 2020’s protective cocoon nears completion

by Jonathan Nally | Dec 20, 2019 | News, Planets, Space missions

Above: The aeroshell and heat shield for the Mars 2020 mission. Image courtesy Lockheed Martin. The contraption in the foreground of this image looks a bit like the Jupiter 2 spaceship from the TV series Lost in Space, but it is in fact part of the aeroshell for the...

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