ESA’s comet chaser Rosetta is set for launch in February-March 2004, to reach its target comet ten years later.
New Maxus campaign carried out at ESRANGE
Study of asteroids – also a part of the mission
On the way to the comet, Rosetta will pass two asteroids that can be observed in detail.
What we today know about Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Today we do not know a lot about the comet by the nickname “Chury”, but relatively new information has been gathered in recent years, especially since the comet was chosen to be the new target for the Rosetta mission.
Rosetta and Philae is on the way – what new knowledge can they give us?
Our tiny corner of the universe – the Solar System – is home to one star, nine planets and dozens of planetary satellites. It also contains millions of asteroids and comets – the leftover debris from the cosmic construction site that created the planets and their moons.
Andreas Mogensen – the Next Nordic in Space
Nordicspace’s Baard Kringen talking to the European Astronaut Andreas Mogensen.
“Satellites are, and will probably still be, the most important tool for climate observations.”
Professor Ola M. Johannessen Nansen Environment and Remote Sensing Center
SMART-1 A technological step forward
To secure adequate preparation for the large future space research such as Bepi-Colombo and LISA, it is necessary to develop new technology. One such technology is an effective and reliable propulsion system for space probes.
SMART-1 industrial team
A key element in ESA’s new policy in developing and constructing small satellites is to give more responsibility for the projects to the prime contractor and to the industrial teams though that obviously involves greater risks on the part of the contractors, thus less on the part of ESA.
The X-ray Solar Monitor XSM on SMART-1
An instrument combination with two components, D-CIXS (Demonstration of a Compact Imaging X-ray Spectrometer) and XSM (X-ray Solar Monitor), are designed to make measurements of X-rays from the Sun, the Moon, and also other celestial bodies during the whole SMART-1 mission.