Archives: Missions
Cassini
The Cassini mission to Saturn is one of the most ambitious efforts in planetary space exploration ever mounted. A joint endeavor of NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Italian space agency, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), Cassini is a...
New Horizons
Launch Date: The science payload includes seven instruments: Ralph: Visible and infrared imager/spectrometer; provides color, composition and thermal maps. Alice: Ultraviolet imaging spectrometer; analyzes composition and structure of Pluto’s atmosphere and looks for atmospheres around Charon and Kuiper Belt Objects...