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Organisations

  • STFC - the Science and Technology Facilities Council
  • ESA - the European Space Agency
  • RAS - the Royal Astronomical Society (UK)
  • UK CAN - UK Cosmochemical Network
  • MIST - Magnetospheres Ionospheres and Solar-Terrestrial group
  • Europlanet - Co-ordinates activities in Planetary Sciences in Europe
  • Europlanet Outreach
  • UKSEDS - UK Students for the Exploration and Development of Space
  • British Interplanetary Society (BIS) - Space advocacy organisation supporting and promoting astronautics and space exploration
  • ESF-IMPACT Scientific Programme - European Earth-Impact study programme (European Science Foundation)
  • International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) - Technical Commissions and Working Groups
  • Planetary Society (UK) - UK Planetary Volunteers wing of The Planetary Society
  • UK Astrobiology Forum and Network - Astrobiology network and Forum for the British National Space Centre
  • Astrobiology Society of Britain
  • Sun Earth Plan - outreach website for solar and solar-terrestrial physics, planetary science and heliophysics
  • NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration (USA)
  • ISAS - Japanese Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science
  • The Spaceguard Centre - The National Near Earth Objects Information Centre​

Latest Mission News

For information on scientific discoveries and flight status of recent or ongoing missions, follow these links:
  • Cassini/Huygens - Saturn orbiter and Titan probe (NASA/ESA)
  • Galileo - to Jupiter and its moons (NASA, till Sept. 2003)
  • Hubble Space Telescope - Earth-orbiting observatory (NASA)
  • Odyssey - Mars orbiter, mapping surface chemistry/minerology (NASA)
  • Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter - Mars orbiter, mapping surface chemistry/minerology(NASA)
  • Ulysses - to Jupiter and the high-latitude heliosphere (ESA/NASA)
  • Mars Express - ESA Orbiter/Lander Mission to Mars
  • Hayabusa - asteroid Nereus lander and sample return
  • Rosetta - orbiter and lander to Comet Wirtanen
  • Chandrayaan-1 - India's first scientific mission to the Moon
  • Stardust - flyby of Comet 81P/Wild 2 with dust sample return
  • Dawn - mission to asteroid Vesta and Ceres
  • SELENE - SELenological and ENgineering Explorer, a Japanese lunar orbiter mission (launch 2007)
  • New Horizons - Pluto / Kuiper Belt Mission
  • Venus Express - Venus atmosphere mission (ESA)
  • Deep Space One - asteroid 1992 KD, Mars and possible comet flyby (mission completed)
  • Lunar Prospector - Moon orbiter (NASA, completed)
  • Mars Pathfinder - Mars lander mission (NASA, completed)
  • NEAR - to asteroids Mathilde and Eros (NASA, completed)
  • Voyagers 1 & 2 - to the outer planets and beyond (NASA, continuing)
  • Deep Space Two - Mars Surface-Penetrating Microprobes (lost Dec. 1999)
  • Mars Climate Orbiter - NASA Martian Orbiter (lost Nov. 1999)
  • Mars Polar Lander - Lander to Martian polar region (lost Dec. 1999)
  • Beagle 2 - British Surface Science and Exobiology Mars lander (lost Dec. 2003)
  • Mars Global Surveyor - Mars mapping mission (NASA) (lost Nov. 2006)

Future Missions

  • ExoMars - Robotic exploration of Mars
  • CHEOPS (CHaracterizing ExOPlanet Satellite) - Ultrahigh precision photometry of exoplanetary transits
  • Solar Orbiter - ESA mission dedicated to solar and heliospheric physics
  • JUICE - JUpiter ICy moons Explorer
  • Euclid - ESA mission to map the geometry of the dark Universe
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  • News
    • Upcoming Meetings
    • 18th UKPF Early Career Meeting Report
  • About
    • UKPF vision
    • How to Join
    • Meet the Committee
    • Useful Links
  • Opportunities
    • Fellowships
    • PhDs & Internships
    • Planetary Science Degrees
  • Funding
    • Academic Research Grants
    • Travel Grants
    • Public Outreach Grants