What's New in Lunar & Planetary Science
The European Space Agency Hera mission to the Didymos/Dimorphos asteroid system to visit the impact site of the DART mission is scheduled to launch on 07 October at 14:52 UT (10:52 a.m. EDT).
Launch of the NASA Europa Clipper mission to explore Jupiter's fourth largest moon is set for 10 October at 16:31 UT (12:31 p.m. EDT).
Launch of the EscaPADE dual spacecraft mission to Mars has been postponed from its original window opening 13 October to no earlier than spring of 2025. For more information,see the NASA EscaPADE blog.
This Day in Planetary and Lunar Exploration History
- 1923
- Edwin Hubble takes VAR! plate, first telescopic proof the universe extends beyond our galaxy.
- 1990
- Launch of Ulysses Jupiter flyby and solar orbiter mission.
- 2008
- MESSENGER makes its second Mercury flyby, at 200 km altitude.
- 2010
- Chang'e 2 reaches the Moon and enters lunar orbit.
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