Spitzer Space Telescope | Observing In Infrared
Seeing In Infrared The Spitzer Space Telescope was one of NASA’s ‘Great Observatories’ to observe the universe's early and cold matter in infrared light. However, infrared telescopes must be kept super…
Interesting Facts About The Herschel Space Observatory
Seeing In Infrared The Herschel Space Observatory, with its mirror, is the largest infrared space telescope ever to go to space. Observing in infrared is critical as much of the…
Planck Spacecraft Maps The Universe’s Oldest Light
Revealing The Universe’s Structure Planck was the name of a space observatory, built and operated, by the European Space Agency (ESA) between 2009 and 2013. The spacecraft was designed to…
Read About The Milky Way Mapping Gaia Spacecraft
Mapping The Milky Way The Gaia space observatory is an ambitious mission to produce a 3D map of 1 billion stars in our Milky Way Galaxy (1% of the stellar…
The Sun Studying Ulysses Spacecraft
Viewing The Solar Poles The Ulysses spacecraft was designed to study the Sun’s polar regions, solar wind and the three-dimensional nature of the Sun’s radiation. To achieve this, the probe…
Quick Facts About The Sun Studying SOHO Spacecraft
Earth’s Eye On The Sun! The SOHO (SOlar Heliospheric Observatory) spacecraft is a joint project between the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA designed as a space-based observatory, viewing and…
Kepler Space Telescope | The Exoplanet Hunter
Extrasolar Planet Survey The Kepler Space Telescope was designed to survey a portion of the Milky Way galaxy to search for exoplanets similar to Earth orbiting other stars. Kepler's primary…
Space Probes | Moons, Asteroids, Comets, Dwarf Planets 🛰
Space Probes To Smaller Solar System Objects As you'll probably know, a space probe is those expensive robotic spacecraft launched from Earth to explore other worlds in outer space. The spacecraft may…
The Soviet Venera Program – The First Planetary Landers
Exploring Venus The Venera series of robotic space probes were developed and launched by the Soviet Union. The probes were sent to study Venus with later missions launched in pairs…
Space Probes | The Planets And Beyond 🛰
Man’s Interplanetary Explorers! There are many destinations that space probes can venture too, one of the more interesting is to visit and study the Planets of the solar system! These missions…