Tag: Planetary Science

  • China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | Long March 5  | Chang’e 6

    China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | Long March 5 | Chang’e 6

    Chang’e 6/CE-6 is scheduled to launch in 2024 to return samples from the Far Side of the Moon (near southern edge of the Apollo Basin) for the first time. International science instruments from France, Italy, Sweden and Pakistan will also be on board.

  • Blue Origin | New Glenn | EscaPADE (Maiden flight)

    Blue Origin | New Glenn | EscaPADE (Maiden flight)

    Maiden flight of Blue Origin’s New Glenn launch vehicle carrying the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (EscaPADE), a dual-spacecraft mission to study ion and sputtered escape from Mars. The spacecrafts’ scientific goals are to understand the processes controlling the structure of Mars’ hybrid magnetosphere and how it guides ion flows; understand how energy…