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SPACE AGENCIES & PROJECTS

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A selection of projects beyond LUME’s main mission stories. Discover what each agency is working on, what the science asks and where to find the original material.

01 / United States

NASA

Planetary exploration, astronomy and space science.

Official agency
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Psyche

A mission to a metal-rich asteroid that may help explain how the interiors of early planetary bodies formed.

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Roman
Wide-field astronomy, dark energy and exoplanets.

Lucy
Flybys of asteroids that preserve clues to the early Solar System.

SPHEREx
An all-sky spectral survey to study galaxies and interstellar ices.

02 / Europe

ESA

Space science and exploration through international missions.

Official agency
SELECTED PROJECT

Plato

A space telescope designed to find and characterise rocky planets around Sun-like stars, using 26 cameras to follow changes in starlight.

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LISA
A planned space observatory for gravitational waves.

Ariel
Studying the atmospheres of a diverse sample of exoplanets.

Envision
Investigating Venus, from its atmosphere to its interior.

03 / China

CNSA

Lunar and planetary exploration programmes.

Official agency
SELECTED PROJECT

Tianwen-2

An asteroid sample-return and comet-exploration mission, offering a different route to studying the material from which the Solar System formed.

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OTHER SELECTED PROJECTS

Tianwen-1
China’s Mars mission, comprising an orbiter and the Zhurong rover.

04 / Japan

JAXA

Space science, exploration and technology development.

Official agency
SELECTED PROJECT

XRISM

A JAXA-led mission with NASA and ESA participation that uses X-rays to investigate hot gas, the environments of black holes and other high-energy objects.

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OTHER SELECTED PROJECTS

Hayabusa2
Asteroid exploration and the study of returned Ryugu samples.

SLIM
Testing precision landing on the Moon.

05 / India

ISRO

Space exploration and scientific observations.

Official agency
SELECTED PROJECT

Aditya-L1

India’s solar observatory studies the Sun and its outer atmosphere, helping scientists investigate solar activity.

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06 / Canada

CSA

Space science, robotics and international mission contributions.

Official agency
SELECTED PROJECT

Canadarm3

Canadian space robotics developed through Canadarm3. Originally designed for Gateway, the project is informing plans for future lunar operations and potential applications in low Earth orbit.

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07 / France

CNES

Space research and mission development.

Official agency
SELECTED PROJECT

SVOM · with China

A Chinese–French observatory detects gamma-ray bursts and helps other telescopes follow these brief events across different wavelengths.

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08 / Germany

DLR

Space research and technology at the German Aerospace Center, which includes the German Space Agency.

Official agency
SELECTED PROJECT

EnMAP

Germany’s hyperspectral satellite studies Earth’s surface in many wavelengths, helping researchers investigate vegetation, minerals and water.

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09 / Italy

ASI

Space science and contributions to international missions.

Official agency
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IXPE · with NASA

An Italian–American mission measures the polarisation of X-rays to investigate black holes, neutron stars and other high-energy sources.

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10 / South Korea

KASA

National space programmes, with research and spacecraft development by partner institutions.

Official agency
SELECTED PROJECT

Danuri

South Korea’s first lunar orbiter, developed and operated by KARI, gathers images and scientific measurements of the Moon.

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11 / United Arab Emirates

UAE Space Agency

Space programmes and international scientific partnerships.

Official agency
SELECTED PROJECT

Hope

The Emirates Mars Mission studies the atmosphere of Mars and how it changes.

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12 / Spain

AEE

Spain’s space agency and international scientific collaborations.

Official agency
SELECTED PROJECT

ARRAKIHS

An ESA mission led scientifically from Spain to study faint structures around galaxies and investigate dark matter and galaxy evolution.

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13 / Russia

Roscosmos

Russia’s state space corporation, with scientific missions developed by research institutes and engineering teams.

SELECTED PROJECT

Spektr-RG

An X-ray observatory developed through Russian–German collaboration. Its ART-XC and eROSITA instruments were designed to survey high-energy sources, including the environments of black holes and galaxy clusters.

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