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Interplanetary Robots: MAVEN

NASA’s MAVEN, which stands for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, inserted itself into Martian orbit in 2014. It’s a high class scientific mission with specialized instruments to study atmosphere and solar wind.

Telescopes of the World: the Hubble Space Telescope

The Hubble Space Telescope is one of the most vital research tools in the world today. Well, out of the world, to be precise. It is named after the astronomer Edwin Hubble and was sent up to space in 1990.

Iconic Space Images #16

This is the first picture of Jupiter’s rings taken from within them!

Juno has been throwing some incredible data and images at us, and this one is particularly iconic. We know that Jupiter has a faint ring system…

Moons of the Solar System: Oberon

Oberon is the most heavily cratered Moon of Uranus

The Uranian and Neptunian systems have not yet been well studied: all the data and images we have of them are from the decades old Voyager missions.

Interplanetary Robots: MRO

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter entered orbit in 2006 with a suite of instruments on board. These instruments analyse Martian surface and monitor weather all day. This combination makes MRO useful in deciding future mission landing sites.

Interplanetary Robots: Mars Odyssey

NASA’s 2001 Mars Odyssey was named after — no surprise — 2001: A Space Odyssey. It entered the Martian orbit in 2001. It has been in operation for over 15 years, and is the longest orbiting spacecraft around another planet.

Interplanetary Robots: Curiosity

Curiosity is the biggest, baddest, and the best rover to ever be sent…

Interplanetary Robots: Opportunity

NASA’s Opportunity was a part of 2 rovers that landed on Mars in 2004 one after the other. Spirit functioned till it got stuck in Martian soil in 2010.

56 Years of Human Spaceflight

The Story of Humans in Space

On the 12th of April 1961, a rocket blasted off from the Baikanur cosmodrome in Soviet Union carrying a 27 year old man. That man was Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human to go to space. It was an event of massive…