#planetary_exploration

Europa Clipper is scheduled to launch in 2024 The US Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) asked users to submit their names to be sent to Jupiter since it is unlikely that they will personally make it to the largest planet in the solar system.  [caption id="attachment_76986" align="aligncenter" width="600"] NASA[/caption] NASA plans to send the Europa Clipper robotic probe to Jupiter's icy moon in 2024. The contract to launch the station was signed with SpaceX several years ago.  Broken dreams: NASA admitted that humans will never go to Jupiter. As part of the mission, the space agency invites those wishing to send their engraved names to the moon of Jupiter. The official blog on the social network X (formerly Twitter) reports:  Is visiting Jupiter on your bucket list? Let's face it: that's not going to happen. But we have an offer almost as great! Send your name aboard Europa Clipper when this intrepid spacecraft sets off to explore Jupiter's icy moon in 24. The publication also invites you to register on the official Message in a Bottle page to have it engraved on the spacecraft.  [caption id="attachment_76987" align="aligncenter" width="780"] NASA[/caption]

India plans to build a space station by 2035 India plans to send astronauts to the moon by 2040 and build a space station in the middle of the next decade. The announcement came after a meeting chaired by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to assess the progress of the Gaganyaan mission to send humans into space. “The Prime Minister indicated that India should strive for new and ambitious goals, including the establishment of the Indian space station Bharatiya Antariksha Station by 2035 and sending the first Indian to the Moon by 2040,” the government statement said. India plans the first manned flight in 2025. [caption id="attachment_72165" align="aligncenter" width="780"] robot missions[/caption] Meanwhile, NASA plans to send a manned mission to the Moon's South Pole in December 2025 as part of the Artemis program. China has also announced a goal of sending two taikonauts to the moon by 2030. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is preparing for the unmanned test flight of Flight Test Vehicle Abort Mission-1 (TV-D1) from the Satish Dhawan Launch Center on October 21. The mission will be conducted to test the crew rescue system. It will be launched to test the separation of the crew capsule from the test apparatus. The capsule with the crew will be lowered by parachute to the sea about 10 kilometers off the coast of Sriharikot. The announcement of lunar plans follows India's successes with the landing of the robotic mission Chandrayaan-3 on the Moon and the launch of the Aditya L1 solar observatory. The statement also outlines India's plans for space exploration beyond the Moon. ISRO will develop an action plan for lunar exploration. This plan will include a series of Chandrayaan missions, the development of the Next Generation Launch Vehicle (NGLV), the construction of a new launch complex, and establishment of laboratories. The Prime Minister also called for work on interplanetary missions, including a Venus orbiter and a Mars lander. India sent its first interplanetary mission, the Mission to Mars (MOM), in 2013. It entered Mars orbit in September 2014 and operated for almost eight years. This year, India also introduced reforms aimed at increasing private companies in the space sector and attracting global capital.

The Psyche mission marks the beginning of NASA's use of the Falcon Heavy rocket for major science and exploration missions this decade. The Falcon Heavy flight is scheduled for October 13 and will take the Psyche mission to the metal asteroid of the same name SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket is preparing to launch its first mission with NASA on October 13. Falcon Heavy was flown to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the launch of NASA's Psyche asteroid mission, scheduled for October 12. However, NASA and SpaceX delayed the launch by one day due to bad weather on the Space Coast. If all goes according to plan, Psyche will launch on October 13th. [caption id="attachment_66960" align="aligncenter" width="780"] NASA[/caption] Falcon Heavy consists of the first three stages of the Falcon 9 rocket, SpaceX's flagship rocket. The central booster is mounted on top of the upper stage and cargo bay. It is the second most powerful rocket currently flying, after NASA's SLS rocket. She has already made seven flights, the last of which was in July of this year. However, none of these missions were for NASA. Falcon Heavy is preparing for its first launch for NASA this decade. The two side boosters that will help launch NASA's Psyche mission are experimental spacecraft, with traces of soot showing that they were part of three of the seven previous Falcon Heavy flights. Both side boosters are expected to successfully return to and land on landing pads in Florida shortly after launch. But the central accelerator will make its first and only flight. After participating in the launch of Psyche, he fell into the Atlantic Ocean. [caption id="attachment_66961" align="aligncenter" width="780"] NASA[/caption] The Psyche mission will conduct a detailed study of the metallic asteroid of the same name and provide key information about the early stages of the solar system and the process of planet formation. Astronomers speculate that the Psyche asteroid may be the exposed core of an ancient protoplanet. The Psyche asteroid, with a diameter of 280 kilometers, is located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Observations of Psyche are planned for 2029 when the probe will arrive at the object and study it from orbit for 26 months. According to the latest forecasts, there is a 50% chance that the weather will allow the launch on October 13. Additional launch windows for Psyche will be available until October 25th.