Rosetta's mission came to an end

Rosetta - a mission from the ESA - followed a comet called 67P through Space for a long time. Rosetta got a lot of information, such as temperature measurements, photos, dust grains, measurements of the gravity and the magnetic field of the comet and so on. However, the most remarkable discovery is that she found ingredients that were crucial for the origin of life on Earth.

Rosetta's mission is considered a huge success because it was the first attempt in history to send a lander to a comet. 

 Image from ESA

From Los Angeles Times
Written by Marcela Couto and Noa Fernández, 3rd A  (  9th grade )

Spacecraft investigates Mars' atmosphere

NASA's MAVEN spacecraft arrived in Mars at the end of September and now it's studying its atmosphere. The Red Planet's atmosphere was very thick in the past but now it's thin. This spacecraft will take science measurements. Indian's Mars Orbiter Mission, which arrived three days after MAVEN, will collaborate with NASA.

 

 

 

From http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/maven-spacecraft-mars-atmosphere/ 

(September 21st, 2014).

 Written by Carlos Santorum (3rd ESO A - 9th grade)