‘Comet chaser’ to boldly go where no probe has gone before
The UK government has confirmed that work will soon begin on a state-of-the-art spacecraft that, for the first time, will track down and map comets in 3D. Thales Alenia Space, the French-Italian aerospace manufacturer with three sites in the UK, has won a contract to design the mothership for the ‘Comet Interceptor’ mission, which will … Read more