Mark McCaughrean, Senior Advisor for Science & Exploration at the European Space Agency (ESA), delivered this lecture in September 2016.
Mark McCaughrean discusses how the European Space Agency is expanding the frontiers of solar system exploration through current and planned space missions. He presents key achievements in the study of solar magnetic fields, missions orbiting Mars and Saturn, and the successful exploration of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. The lecture also explores future mission trajectories toward the Sun, Mercury, and the icy moons of the giant planets, highlighting how these projects will deepen our understanding of the solar system and advance the search for life beyond Earth.
This lecture is part of the astrophysics series ‘The Science of the Cosmos, the Science in the Cosmos’, tackles the fundamental questions in contemporary astrophysics. The fifth ed
Mark McCaughrean, Senior Advisor for Science & Exploration at the European Space Agency (ESA), delivered this lecture in September 2016.
Mark McCaughrean discusses how the European Space Agency is expanding the frontiers of solar system exploration through current and planned space missions. He presents key achievements in the study of solar magnetic fields, missions orbiting Mars and Saturn, and the successful exploration of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. The lecture also explores future mission trajectories toward the Sun, Mercury, and the icy moons of the giant planets, highlighting how these projects will deepen our understanding of the solar system and advance the search for life beyond Earth.
This lecture is part of the astrophysics series ‘The Science of the Cosmos, the Science in the Cosmos’, tackles the fundamental questions in contemporary astrophysics. The fifth edition explores issues such as cosmic rays and anti-matter, the evolution of galaxies and the role played by black holes, the exploration of the Solar System, and the detection of gravitational waves.
