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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Oct 4, 2019NASA's InSight lander positioned its robotic arm to assist the spacecraft's self-hammering heat probe. But the probe has been unable to dig more than about 14 inches (35 centimeters) since it began burying itself into the ground on Feb. 28, 2019. -
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.
