Now that it has launched, the next major milestone for the spacecraft will be a flyby of Mars on March 1, 2025. During this maneuver, the spacecraft will get as close as 300 miles and 600 miles (482 ...
The planet Jupiter has no solid ground – no surface, like the grass or dirt you tread here on Earth. There’s nothing to walk on, and no place to land a spaceship. But how can that be? If Jupiter doesn ...
It will be investigating the potential habitability of Jupiter's icy ocean moon Europa — but first ... understanding of life elsewhere in the solar system. Europa is thought to harbor some ...