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, 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. -
May 3, 2018NASA’s new Chief Scientist, Dr Jim Green, speaks to Martin Still, who is the Program Manager on the TESS mission, about how its quest to discover nearby exoplanets
