March 2015
Dawn of ion propulsion
... — is visible at the bottom of the image. The set of three craters known as the “snowman” can be seen at the top left On 11... pictures were seven times better than Hubble’s. The Marcia crater on Vesta, reproduced from multiple images taken by Dawn...
December 2017
Panoramas from the surface of the Moon
...high quality photographs were returned showing stunning scenery from huge craters, valleys and rilles to vast mountain ranges. Many ... Minus Z strut of the lunar module inside a small crater, giving a pronounced tilt and almost causing the engine bell...
July 2018
The rise of interplanetary CubeSats
...will be science-led investigations to better observe the permanently shadowed craters of the lunar south pole for water ice. Others, like...map expected water ice deposits in the permanently shadowed craters of the lunar south pole. The spacecraft will ...
July 2019
A reluctant American hero
...area – a fact that Armstrong could see from crater recognition during the final stages of the landing sequence...’s landing target aiming the Eagle LM at a 30 m boulder-strewn crater. With only 50-90 seconds of fuel left, Armstrong calmly flew the LM...
April 2020
Is space poised to take another giant leap?
...hinting at the presence of such deposits. But it took Chandrayaan-1 to prove it, in 2008, by smashing a probe into the crater’s floor, releasing a plume of debris. Careful analysis over the following years eventually revealed that India’s first ...
July 2020
Lego’s replica space programme
... surface’, which could otherwise have been designed as a single piece of accurately moulded plastic. However, as one builds a crater in typical Lego pixelated-style, one realises that these sets should be regarded as 3D plastic puzzles rather than...
