Solar System Exploration

摘要

Our solar system is a place of beauty and mystery, incredible diversity, extreme environments, and continuous change. The first New Frontiers mission is New Horizons, which will conduct the first reconnaissance of the Pluto- Charon system and the Kuiper Belt. COROT is a French national space agency (CNES)-led mission which will monitor some 120 000 stars with its 30-centimetre telescope For 2009/2011 ESA ExoMars program, MDA is developing concepts and APXS instruments for the ExoMars rover and instrument payload package. The"BepiColombo", a Mercury exploration project jointly planned by Japan and the European Space Agency (ESA), will conduct comprehensive observations of Mercury. The"PLANET-C" is a planetary exploration project to unveil the mysteries of the atmosphere of Venus. Other mission by JAXA includes"HAYABUSA" (MUSES-C) and SOLAR-B. Technologies like ultrasonic drill will allow us to explore and sample planetary materials with high efficiency. The International Space Station and its robotic arm, Canadarm2, are an example of a well-integrated system. NASA is studying a Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter as the Potential first use of fission power. We instil in them our innate sense of curiosity as we bid them look over the next rock or under the next rock.