Tag: probe
Concept finished: interstellar probe could start in 2036 and carry out research for 140 years
The first interstellar probe could launch in 2036, pick up momentum on Jupiter after just seven months and then race out of the solar system twice as fast as the…
Science fiction becomes reality: NASA equips space probe with ion propulsion
The US space agency Nasa wants to bring the probe “Psyche” to its destination using solar energy. On its mission, the probe is to examine the metal asteroid “Psyche 16”.…
Mission “Dart” (Double Asteroid Redirection Test): NASA lets test probe fly in asteroids
To minimize the threat posed by asteroids, Nasa is starting a new project. On Wednesday, a probe will be launched into space that is expected to crash into an asteroid…
Great hopes for the “Lucy” probe
After its mission with the Jupiter Trojans, the NASA probe Lucy is said to travel hundreds of thousands of years between Earth and the Trojans. That is why she has…