Argonaut will be a multi-role lunar lander capable of delivering up to 1,800 kilograms of cargo to the surface of the Moon.
According to a Phase A/B1 development document published in July 2024, ESA is targeting 2031 for the launch of the first Argonaut mission. The lander is set to launch aboard an ArianeGroup Ariane 64 rocket from the Guiana Space Centre.
I love that we launched a spacecraft with the sole purpose of measuring the positions of as many stars as possible, just because we could. Well done Gaia, and all the teams who worked on it.
A quick search says final, because it is supposed to enter Mercury’s orbit late this year and then split into two different spacecrafts: Europe’s Mercury Planetary Orbiter and Japan’s Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter
They eat cod in space? I mean, the Portuguese eat a lot of cod. They have a bajillion recipes, generally amazing. Don’t get me wrong, I love eating in Portugal, but I imagine that cod must have been a part of the navy selection process. Could be that they have developed a space-ready Belem cakes. If so the astronauts are fucked. They’ll return fat as fuck! Those things are addictive.
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