Artemis I Moon Rocket Arrives At Launch Pad Ahead Of Historic Mission Artemis
That latter profile “captures the highest priorities of the neighborhood as outlined in this report and is both aspirational and inspirational,” the report stated. Enceladus Orbilander would invest a year and a half orbiting Enceladus and sampling those plumes ahead of landing for a two-year mission to study components for evidence of life. The mission, with an estimated price of $4.9 billion, could launch in the late 2030s on an SLS or Falcon Heavy with a landing in the early 2050s. ESA’s last try to conduct a surface mission on Mars ended in failure when its Schiaparelli lander crashed on...