Tag: Deep Space Exploration
The rover has arrived at a special region believed to have formed as Mars’ climate was drying.
After journeying this summer through a narrow, sand-lined pass, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover recently arrived in the “sulfate-bearing unit,” a long-sought region of...
Webb teams successfully deployed the observatory’s secondary mirror support structure. When light from the distant universe hits Webb’s iconic 18 gold primary mirrors, it will reflect off and hit the smaller, 2.4-foot (.74-meter) secondary mirror, which will direct the...
A deep space transponder made in Italy
Northrop Grumman, prime contractor of the project and recognizing the systemic, design and technological capabilities of Rome and L'Aquila plants, has awarded Thales Alenia Space in Italy the contract for the realization of...
On Saturday, December 25, 2021, at 9:20 am local time, an Ariane 5 rocket lifted off from the Guiana Space Center, Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana (South America), injecting the Webb Space Telescope, developed by NASA in partnership...
The space telescope provided with three important instruments produced in Italy was launched at dawn. He will accomplish studies based on polarimetry in X-rays.
A lot of Italian science is on board the IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) satellite, which...
Latest milestone achieved on integration of the Jupiter probe JUICE
Friedrichshafen, 16 March 2021 – JUICE, the European Space Agency's JUpiter ICy moons Explorer mission, has successfully passed its latest milestone: space engineers at Airbus’ satellite integration centre in Friedrichshafen...
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