LISA Pathfinder completes first operations phase; Venus Express: Venus has potential - but not for water; Rosetta blog update

MISSION NEWS AS OF FRIDAY 24 JUNE 2016
+ LISA PATHFINDER COMPLETES FIRST OPERATIONS PHASE
On Saturday 25 June, the LISA Technology Package - a European payload on ESA's LISA Pathfinder - completes its nominal operations phase, passing the baton to the Disturbance Reduction System, an additional experiment provided by NASA.
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+ VENUS HAS POTENTIAL - BUT NOT FOR WATER
ESA's Venus Express may have helped to explain the puzzling lack of water on Venus. The planet has a surprisingly strong electric field - the first time this has been measured at any planet - that is sufficient to deplete its upper atmosphere of oxygen, one of the components of water.
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ROSETTA BLOG UPDATES
+ COMETWATCH 17 JUNE
This week's CometWatch entry soaks up the sights of a number of regions on both the small and large lobes of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
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