european space agency
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Europe’s First Mars Lander Came ‘Excruciatingly Close’ To Success
Landing on Mars is hard, but the European Space Agency’s first attempt — the Beagle 2 probe — came maddeningly close to being a complete success. In fact, a new 3D modelling analysis shows that the lander’s failure to communicate with the Earth was likely due to a single jammed solar panel.
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Two Space Agencies Will Try To Make A Historic Landing On Mars Next Week
A joint mission led by the European Space Agency and Roscosmos arrives at Mars next week, and its first order of business will be to make history. If all goes well, NASA is about to lose its bragging rights as the only space agency to successfully land probes on the Red Planet.
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How The Rosetta Spacecraft Will Crash Onto Comet 67P
In just seven days, the Rosetta spacecraft will smash into Comet 67P. A new visualisation shows how it will go down.
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Complex Organic Molecules Discovered On Rosetta’s Comet
With only a few days left before it’s scheduled to crash-land on the surface of Comet 67P, the Rosetta spacecraft is still yielding amazing discoveries. And I’m not just talking about lost comet landers.