On Feb. 5. 1971, the Apollo 14 crew landed on the moon. The crew members were Captain Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. (USN), commander; Major Stuart Allen Roosa (USAF), command module pilot; and Commander Edgar Dean Mitchell (USN), lunar module pilot. In this photo, Shepard stands by the Modular Equipment Transporter (MET). To source
The UK-led Beagle-2 Mars lander, which hitched a ride on ESA’s Mars Express mission and was lost on Mars since 2003, has been found in images taken by a NASA orbiter at the Red Planet. To source
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the pioneering Huygens mission to Saturn’s moon Titan, the first successful landing on an outer Solar System world To source
ESA’s Venus Express has ended its eight-year mission after far exceeding its planned life. The spacecraft exhausted its propellant during a series of thruster burns to raise its orbit following the low-altitude aerobraking earlier this year. To source
Rosetta’s lander has completed its primary science mission after nearly 57 hours on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. To source
After achieving touchdown on a comet for the first time in history, scientists and engineers are busy analysing this new world and the nature of the landing. To source
The final stages of Philae’s touchdown seen through the eyes of the lander’s downwards-looking descent camera To source
How Rosetta is turning science fiction into science fact To source
Enjoy a 3D flight over ‘chaotic terrain’ on Mars To source
Highlights from ESA’s Venus Express, following end of routine science observations after eight years orbiting the veiled planet To source
Follow news, updates and real-time reporting on ESA’s comet mission via the Rosetta blog To source