JAXA is about to perform a Phobos sample return mission www.science.org 59 points by Muhammad523 2 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? 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. lucaslazarus 48 minutes ago All these worlds are yours except Europa. Attempt no landing there. hparadiz 39 minutes ago Sample return from Venus is practically impossible with our current tech. rexskimmer 7 minutes ago There is also NASA's upcoming mission to Titan, where they plan to fly an octocopter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonfly_(Titan_space_probe)
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.
rexskimmer 7 minutes ago There is also NASA's upcoming mission to Titan, where they plan to fly an octocopter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonfly_(Titan_space_probe)
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.
dvh 3 hours ago I hope they make some photos of Phobos monolith: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phobos_monolith
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?
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.
All these worlds are yours except Europa. Attempt no landing there.
Sample return from Venus is practically impossible with our current tech.
There is also NASA's upcoming mission to Titan, where they plan to fly an octocopter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonfly_(Titan_space_probe)
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 hope they make some photos of Phobos monolith: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phobos_monolith
I wonder how this mission compares in scale to the JAXA Hayabusa comet interceptor done twenty years ago.