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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Aug 15, 2018GMTO Corporation announced on Aug. 14 the start of hard rock excavation for the Giant Magellan Telescope’s massive concrete pier and the foundations for the telescope’s enclosure on its site at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile. -
Aug 15, 2018The National Science Foundation has awarded a team of scientists $5.8 million to design and mount a supersensitive antenna at the focal point of the Arecibo Observatory’s 1,000-foot-diameter dish. -
Jul 27, 2018NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite has started its search for planets around nearby stars, officially beginning science operations on July 25, 2018. -
Jul 15, 2018Since observing small exoplanets with thin atmospheres like Earth will be challenging for Webb, astronomers will target easier, gas giant exoplanets first. -
Jul 8, 2018NASA has placed the spacecraft in a hibernation-like state in preparation to download the science data collected in its latest observation campaign. -
Jun 13, 2018NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) is taking a giant leap focusing the agency’s exploration of the Moon, Mars and our Solar System. -
Jun 2, 2018NASA has selected a science mission planned for launch in 2024 that will sample, analyze, and map particles streaming to Earth from the edges of interstellar space. -
May 30, 2018Off the coast of Hawaii’s Big Island and more than 3,000 feet beneath the ocean surface lie the warm, bubbling springs of a volcano — a deep-sea location that may hold lessons for the search for extraterrestrial life. -
May 26, 2018NASA's planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft began the 18th observing campaign of its extended mission, K2, on May 12. -
May 19, 2018NASA’s next planet hunter TESS is one step closer to searching for new worlds after successfully completing a lunar flyby on May 17.
