MISSION NEWS AS OF MONDAY 4 JUNE 2018

+ #14: TESTS, MOVING TO A NEW HOME, AND MORE TESTS
In the last year, the James Webb Space Telescope and in particular the telescope and the instruments have passed some key milestones on their road towards launch, now planned for 2020.
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+ FROM HORIZON TO HORIZON: CELEBRATING 15 YEARS OF MARS EXPRESS
Fifteen years ago, on 2 June 2003, ESA's Mars Express was launched to investigate the Red Planet. To mark this milestone comes a striking view of Mars from horizon to horizon, showcasing one of the most intriguing parts of the martian surface.
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+ COSMIC BLAST TAKES REST AT LAST
ESA's XMM-Newton observations of a neutron star merger, obtained a few months after its discovery via gravitational waves, caught the moment when its X-ray emission stopped increasing, opening new questions about the nature of this peculiar source.
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+ COSMIC COLLISION LIGHTS UP THE DARKNESS [HEIC1811]
Though it resembles a peaceful rose swirling in the darkness of the cosmos, NGC 3256 is actually the site of a violent clash. This distorted galaxy is the relic of a collision between two spiral galaxies, estimated to have occurred 500 million years ago.
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