JAXA is about to perform a Phobos sample return mission science.org 59 points by Muhammad523 3 days ago
Animats 2 hours ago Nice. These missions that tell us the basics about objects in the Solar System are more useful than, say, re-visiting the moon or Mars.Venus and Europa could use some attention. Anything underway? lucaslazarus 32 minutes ago All these worlds are yours except Europa. Attempt no landing there. tagami 2 hours ago Europa clipper launched 2 years ago arrives in 2030. DAVINCI, a Venusian probe, is slated net 2033 godshatter 2 hours ago Apparently five Venus missions (DAVINCI, VERITAS, Envision, Venus Life Finder, and Venus Orbiter) all in the next five years or so: https://www.space.com/astronomy/venus/these-5-venus-missions...For Europa, Europa Clipper Mission (already on the way): https://science.nasa.gov/mission/europa-clipper/mission-time...... and JUICE (already on the way): https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/JuiceThere might be others, those are just what I found in a quick search. hparadiz 23 minutes ago Sample return from Venus is practically impossible with our current tech.
tagami 2 hours ago Europa clipper launched 2 years ago arrives in 2030. DAVINCI, a Venusian probe, is slated net 2033
godshatter 2 hours ago Apparently five Venus missions (DAVINCI, VERITAS, Envision, Venus Life Finder, and Venus Orbiter) all in the next five years or so: https://www.space.com/astronomy/venus/these-5-venus-missions...For Europa, Europa Clipper Mission (already on the way): https://science.nasa.gov/mission/europa-clipper/mission-time...... and JUICE (already on the way): https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/JuiceThere might be others, those are just what I found in a quick search.
dvh 3 hours ago I hope they make some photos of Phobos monolith: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phobos_monolith
TGower 3 hours ago JAXA does great work, they also publish the highest resolution open access global surface elevation model. Really impressive for a country with about 1/10th the GDP of the US.
hbarka 3 hours ago I wonder how this mission compares in scale to the JAXA Hayabusa comet interceptor done twenty years ago.
Nice. These missions that tell us the basics about objects in the Solar System are more useful than, say, re-visiting the moon or Mars.
Venus and Europa could use some attention. Anything underway?
All these worlds are yours except Europa. Attempt no landing there.
Europa clipper launched 2 years ago arrives in 2030. DAVINCI, a Venusian probe, is slated net 2033
Apparently five Venus missions (DAVINCI, VERITAS, Envision, Venus Life Finder, and Venus Orbiter) all in the next five years or so: https://www.space.com/astronomy/venus/these-5-venus-missions...
For Europa, Europa Clipper Mission (already on the way): https://science.nasa.gov/mission/europa-clipper/mission-time...
... and JUICE (already on the way): https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Juice
There might be others, those are just what I found in a quick search.
Sample return from Venus is practically impossible with our current tech.
I hope they make some photos of Phobos monolith: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phobos_monolith
JAXA does great work, they also publish the highest resolution open access global surface elevation model. Really impressive for a country with about 1/10th the GDP of the US.
I wonder how this mission compares in scale to the JAXA Hayabusa comet interceptor done twenty years ago.