Missions
Nasa’s Missions on Exoplanet archive includes: JWST James Webb Space Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope, MAGELLAN telescope, Arecibo Observatory, TESS, Kepler Spacecraft, EXPRES, Cassini, Hubble, Webb Telescope, K2 Mission, NExSS, STTARS and more…
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Dec 30, 2018On the evening of Thursday, Nov. 15, NASA's Kepler space telescope received its final set of commands to disconnect communications with Earth. -
Nov 25, 2018A little over 4 billion years ago, the planets in our solar system coexisted with vast numbers of small rocky or icy objects orbiting the Sun. -
Nov 24, 2018The Characterising Exoplanet Satellite, CHEOPS, will target 15 October to 14 November 2019 for launch. -
Nov 19, 2018On the evening of Thursday, Nov. 15, NASA's Kepler space telescope received its final set of commands to disconnect communications with Earth. -
Nov 9, 2018Ralph, one of NASA’s most well-traveled space explorers, has voyaged far and accomplished much. -
Oct 31, 2018After nine years in deep space collecting data that indicate our sky to be filled with billions of hidden planets – more planets even than stars – NASA’s Kepler space telescope has run out of fuel needed for further science operations. -
Oct 21, 2018The ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission to Mercury blasted off on 20 October on its exciting mission to study the mysteries of the Solar System’s innermost planet. -
Oct 9, 2018NASA's New Horizons spacecraft carried out a short engine burn on Oct. 3 to home in on the location and timing of its New Year's flyby of the Kuiper Belt object nicknamed Ultima Thule. -
Oct 7, 2018NASA's Voyager 2 probe, currently on a journey toward interstellar space, has detected an increase in cosmic rays that originate outside our solar system. -
Oct 7, 2018The construction of ESA's PLATO mission to find and study planets beyond our Solar System will be led by Germany's OHB System AG as prime contractor, marking the start of the full industrial phase of the project.
