Waspie_Dwarf Posted September 16, 2013 #1 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Hisaki: An Orbiting Planetary Observatory After a successful launch on September 14th, the Hisaki spacecraft is getting ready to study the gas escaping from Venus, Mars, and Jupiter's moon Io. Japan is a small country with big space-exploration ambitions, especially in the arena of space science. Its latest effort, launched on September 14th, is an orbiting observatory that will study how the solar wind strips gas from the uppermost atmospheres of three neighboring planets. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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