Since its orbit-insertion, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter LRO has photographed all the Apollo-landing sites. But since LRO reached its lowest orbit, these images has been even more detailed, like this new image of the Apollo15 lander

The Solar Probe Plus which is being designed for up-close studies of the Sun after its launch in 2018, has moved from first design-phase to the second

NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter has now orbited the red planet for 10 years. Its main camera - the THEMIS instrument has taken more than 45000 images of Mars!

Is there life under the icy crust of Enceladus? The Cassini spacecraft has confirmed the existence of active ice-spewing fissures on the surface of Enceladus. Giant jets of water ice are shot into space by these 'cryovolcanoes'.  Flying through these icy fountains, Cassini detected organic compounds that could hint to the possibility of life. Therefore German DLR proposes a mission to drill through the ice-crust to search for life.