On March 2, 2004, the European Space Agency launched the Rosetta mission to study Comet 67P. Rosetta would later become the first spacecraft to orbit a comet. It was also the only mission to ...

Hera, European Space Agency’s (ESA) flagship planetary defense ... until after it reaches Dimorphos and Didymos in December 2026. When it arrives at the asteroids, it will study the impacts ...

The spacecraft makes its sixth and final flyby on Jan. 8 before returning to enter orbit around the planet in late 2026 ... Aug. 31 The European Space Agency's so-called Juice mission is scheduled ...

In 2022, she was one of 17 people selected from 22,500 applicants to become a reservist astronaut for the European Space Agency (ESA). Selection was a lengthy and arduous process that involved ...

The astronaut selection process will be completed by 2026, with the aim of flying ... both from the European Space Agency, participated in a sea survival exercise, which was organized by the ...

The first, a probe that will fall through Venus’ atmosphere and measure the sizes of sulfuric acid droplets, is slated to launch in 2026 ... NASA and the European Space Agency both plan to ...

The update follows several recent disappointments for the world's first private space firm and Musk's long ... In November, Reuters news agency cited sources saying that Musk's dream of ...

Joe Thuney Before the start of free agency, Chicago made two huge moves to improve the interior offensive line. The Bears traded for Los Angeles Rams guard Jonah Jackson (for a 2025 sixth-round pick) ...

Studying Low Earth Orbit With Space Rider The European Space Agency, or ESA ... 2mission is an ambitious asteroid sample return and comet probe mission. Scheduled for launch in May 2025, Tianwen ...

NASA and European scientists explain how they calculate the probability of the space rock 2024 YR4 impacting our planet, and why it’s not yet time to worry. After the space agency canceled its ...

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," the European Space Agency said ... an asteroid or comet fragment ...