Exploration of the Universe Part 3 - Is it possible to land on the gas giants in our solar system?

Before the first telescopes were invented, Jupiter and Saturn were the only known planets[...] and Saturn Is it possible to land on the gas giants? Up to now we have concentrated on the inner planets[...] during our expedition through the solar system. These are also referred to as Earth-like pla...

PLATO: OHB reaching for the stars

. PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars (PLATO) is the name of the third M(edium) class mission[...] as industrial prime contractor to negotiate the implementation of the satellite. The PLATO (Planetary Transits[...] such as these: How do planets arise? How do they change over time? Is our...

Basic research in space: Getting to the bottom of complex plasmas

the best if they float freely in space and are not limited to a few lattice planes. This is why research[...] for Material Physics in Space (formerly the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, MPE[...] was provided by DLR Space Administration and the Max Planck Society. 1. Complex pla...

OHB and ESA seal PLATO scientific mission

SE, the industrial principal contractor for PLATO (Planetary Transits and Oscillations of Stars), the next major[...] Wörner, Director General of ESA. “With our Plato satellite we are focusing on Earth-like planets orbiting[...] satellite for ESA. The plans that we worked on with our core team...

Destination Venus part 5: Why a mission to Venus helps us to deepen our knowledge about Earth

Venus and Earth are sister planets that formed about 4.6 billion years ago. © NASA[...] #DestinationVenus Exploration 23. January 2020 Our sister planet and each phase of its development provide[...] though the expectation to find life on the planet is unrealistic from her perspective. Dr....

Destination Venus Part 7: How OHB intends to bring scientific instruments into the atmosphere of Venus

Up to now, Mars has been the planet that has been most thouroughly searched for extraterrestrial[...] of the compound in the atmosphere of an Earth-like planet is considered an indication of the existence of life[...] into the planet's atmosphere and conduct an in-situ search for traces of life....

Destination Venus part 3: Was Venus a twin of Earth millions of years ago?

that makes Venus the hostile planet it is today. © NASA / SDO #DestinationVenus Exploration 04. December 2019[...] is focused on both the multi-scale structure of the universe and the modeling of planetary atmospheres[...] that he thinks that Venus is an interesting planet, maybe even more...

Is there life on Mars?

the Red Planet. Dr. Andreas Winkler, Head of Exploration, Science and Human Spaceflight at OHB, describes[...] ? Of all the planets of our solar system, Mars resembles the earth the most not least of all because[...] . At the same time, it is the most accessible planet for us. Mars has always...

#DestinationVenus Part 8: On a flying visit to Earth's closest neighbour

Last month, Venus received two visits from Earth: Solar Orbiter and BepiColombo used the planet[...] to Venus: Solar Orbiter and BepiColombo used the planet's gravity to lose a little orbital energy[...] is travelling to the innermost planet Mercury and Solar Orbiter is on its way to study the...

A mission to Venus will help us to better understand the Earth

the planet by 2025, thus making humankind a multiplanetoid species. I really respect Elon, whom I first met[...] will be starting on its mission to search for traces of life on the planet. It almost seems to me as if everyone[...] in opposition to Earth, Venus is our closest neighbor. Like Earth,...