Name: NASA finalized the control module of the Pandora spacecraft to study exoplanets
Uploaded: 2025-01-21T04:37:00.000Z
Description: NASA has announced significant progress in the preparation of the Pandora mission, aimed at studying exoplanets. The spacecraft's major systems are now ready, bringing the mission's launch closer. Pandora will be a small satellite that will study the atmospheres of at least 20 planets outside our solar system. The main task of the spacecraft is to analyze the composition of these atmospheres,

NASA finalized the control module of the Pandora spacecraft to study exoplanets

NASA has announced significant progress in the preparation of the Pandora mission, aimed at studying exoplanets. The spacecraft's major systems are now ready, bringing the mission's launch closer.

Pandora will be a small satellite that will study the atmospheres of at least 20 planets outside our solar system. The main task of the spacecraft is to analyze the composition of these atmospheres, including the presence of clouds and water.

The Pandora mission is designed to help scientists gain a deeper understanding of distant worlds and to complement data from the James Webb Space Telescope. The apparatus will capture light from both the host stars and the atmospheres of exoplanets themselves, which will help isolate important atmospheric elements.

The mission involves 10 observations of the planets, each lasting up to 24 hours

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NASA finalized the control module of the Pandora spacecraft to study exoplanets

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