Project News

Ariel Passes Major Milestone

Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey • Project News • August 23rd, 2023

Ariel, the European Space Agency’s next-generation mission to observe the chemical make-up of distant extrasolar planets, has passed a major milestone after successfully completing its Payload Preliminary Design Review (PDR).

ARIEL Moves from Blueprint to Reality

Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey • Project News • November 12th, 2020

ESA's exoplanet mission Ariel, scheduled for launch in 2029, has moved from study to implementation phase, following which an industrial contractor will be selected to build the spacecraft.

NASA Instrument to Probe Planet Clouds on European Mission

Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey • Project News • November 8th, 2019

NASA will contribute an instrument to a European space mission that will explore the atmospheres of hundreds of planets orbiting stars beyond our Sun, or exoplanets, for the first time. The instrument, called the Contribution to ARIEL Spectroscopy of Exoplanets, or CASE, adds scientific...

Ariel Passes Major Milestone

Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey • August 23rd, 2023

Ariel, the European Space Agency’s next-generation mission to observe the chemical make-up of distant extrasolar planets, has passed a major milestone after successfully...

ARIEL Moves from Blueprint to Reality

Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey • November 12th, 2020

ESA's exoplanet mission Ariel, scheduled for launch in 2029, has moved from study to implementation phase, following which an industrial contractor will be selected to build the...

NASA Instrument to Probe Planet Clouds on European Mission

Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey • November 8th, 2019

NASA will contribute an instrument to a European space mission that will explore the atmospheres of hundreds of planets orbiting stars beyond our Sun, or exoplanets, for the...