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Small BodiesStories, updates, insights, and original analysis from The Planetary Society.
Bringing an Asteroid Home
Aviation Week and Space Technology reports that the President’s next budget request for NASA will include funds to begin developing a mission to bring an asteroid to the Earth-moon system.
LPSC 2013: Future Planetary Exploration
Last week, planetary scientists gathered for the 44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Van Kane rounds up some of the future mission concepts presented.
Instruments for the JUICE Jovian Mission
The European Space Agency (ESA) announced the list of instruments selected for its JUICE mission to explore the Jovian system for three years starting in the 2030 following a 2022 launch.
Brother, Can You Spare $1B for a Planetary Space Telescope?
Imagine you had a Hubble-class telescope and could use in any way you wanted to explore planets. What would you do with it?
Sequestration and Planetary Exploration (updated)
The latest news in the United States is that a poison pill known as the Sequester is looking increasingly likely. If it happens, it will be a body blow to NASA’s planetary science program.