MARVEN | The Martian Atmosphere Probe
Who Killed Mars’ Water Cycle?! NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN mission (affectionately known as MAVEN for short) was conceived to investigate the processes occurring throughout Martian history which lead…
Europa Clipper’s Journey To A Frozen Ocean World
Destination Europa! The NASA Europa Clipper mission plans to orbit Jupiter performing at least 45 flybys of the moon Europa, carrying out a detailed investigation to determine whether the icy…
A ‘2001 Space Odyssey’ To Map Mars
NASA’s ‘Energizer’ Mars Orbiter The 2001 Mars Odyssey mission, launched on April 7, 2001, is NASA's longest-serving spacecraft in operation at Mars. The mission’s primary science objective was to compile…
Learn About ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE)
Destination Jupiter! The European Space Agency’s (ESA) JUICE mission is an interplanetary spacecraft designed to visit and study the Jovian moon system. After reaching Jupiter the probe will flyby and…
Listening For Whispers Via The Deep Space Network 📡
NASA’s Giant Ears! At the beginning of the Space Age when interplanetary spacecraft missions began to leave Earth, NASA set up the Deep Space Network (DSN) which is a network…
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter | Imaging Mars From Above
Bringing The Red Planet In Focus The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has been designed to carry out reconnaissance and exploration of Mars from orbit with instruments such as cameras, spectrometers…
Juno Spacecraft – Return To Jupiter
Probing A Gas Giant! Here you can check out Cool Facts about the Juno spacecraft! Juno became the second probe to orbit Jupiter in 2016. The probe entered a polar…
New Horizons – To Pluto, Ultima Thule & Beyond!
Exploring The Final Frontier Here you can learn lots of interesting facts about the amazing New Horizons mission which has explored Pluto and now further into the frozen outer solar…
Magellan’s Mission To Map Venus
Radar Eyes The Magellan spacecraft, launched into space aboard the payload bay of Shuttle Atlantis, would peer through Venus’ thick clouds and make the first detailed map of the surface…
Galileo – The First To Orbit Jupiter
Revealing Jupiter’s Secrets! Below you can check out cool facts about the historic Galileo probe and learn about its many discoveries! Galileo was the first probe to orbit Jupiter and…