Destination Venus part 4: What could a mission to Venus look like?

around Venus on April 11, 2006, studying the planet’s atmosphere until the end of November 2014[...] of the mission. For some studies, taking measures from an orbit around the planet would be perfectly adequate[...] , while for others data would need to be collected in the planet’s atmosphere or...

MT Aerospace AG commissioned to deliver Tank Systems for European Mars-Mission ERO

-Mission ERO NASA and ESA plan to bring a piece of Mars back to Earth Augsburg, 20 May 2021. Our[...] neighboring planet Mars has been having repeated visits from Earth: Probes are orbiting Mars, rovers[...] NASA want to take robotic exploration of the Red Planet to a new level in the Mars Sample...

OHB now also with a key role in the second ExoMars mission

received for carrier module for the long journey to the Red Planet Bremen, March 08, 2018.  OHB System[...] , Roscosmos, for the purpose of searching for traces of life on the Red Planet. OHB carrier module for a safe[...] is divided into two missions to the Red Planet: The trace gas orbiter (TGO)...

Protecting the Earth from threats from outer space

that wants to write history “The Hera mission is Europe’s contribution to a joint but staggered ‘planetary[...] . I am proud that OHB is part of this and can help protect our planet from threats from outer space,” explains[...] going on up there! About 1,000 new asteroids enter our planetary...

OHB System AG proposal for PLATO project selected by ESA

are expected to start in June. PLATO (PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of Stars) is a mid-sized research[...] , planets within the orbits of other solar systems should be searched for and should be explored. During[...] 25. April 2018 Ad hoc announcements OHB System AG proposal for PLATO...

ExoMars 2016 lifted off from Baikonur

will then enter orbit around the Red Planet ahead of its exciting multiyear science mission. It will also serve[...] as a data relay for the second ExoMars-Mission, comprising a rover and a surface science platform, planned[...] to the important question as to whether life ever existed on that pl...

OHB Italia contributing to exploration of Mercury: SERENA instrument launched on-board BepiColombo

Space Agency and the Institute for Space Astrophysics and Planetology (IAPS). SERENA & ELENA[...] from fractions of eV up to tens of keV. This means measuring energetic particles escaping from the planet[...] detects ions in the solar wind the PICAM (Planetary Ion Camera) sensor is optimized to...

Return to the Moon: First Apollo, now Artemis

, Vice President Mike Pence announced plans by the U.S. administration for astronauts to return[...] new mission plans. And on May 14, the new Moon program acquired the name Artemis. This is a clear nod[...] plan The Artemis program provides for the return to the Moon in two phases. The priority...

Europe is committed to protecting the Earth

, the protection of our planet. The “Fridays for Future” movement, for example, has developed into a worldwide[...] unprecedented concern across the planet over the condition that the Earth will have in the year 2100[...] is committed to encouraging more conscious use of the Earth’s resources....

OHB proceeds with consolidation phase for ESA’s Asteroid Impact Mission

. The data collected will help to develop planetary defense strategies for the case an asteroid is about[...] in the joint AIDA program”, declared Lindley Johnson, Program Executive of the Planetary Defense Coordination[...] when NASA’s double asteroid redirection test, or DART, is planned to...