27.02.2013 The first Mars MSL/Curiosity rover data were released to the public via the geosciences node of th Planetary Data System.

30.08.2012 The Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) were successfully launched. RBSP will study the Earth’s radiation belts on various scales of space and time.

06.08.2012  NASA's most recent Mars rover MSL "Curiosity" landed successfully on Mars and started its surface mission. For details see NASA's MLS Web page.

15.01.2012 19:45 Finnish Time The failed Russian Mars mission Phobos Grunt crashed into the South Pacific off the coast of Chile.

26.11.2011 17:02 Finnish Time After re-scheduling the NASA Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) was launched from Florida on Saturday and should land on the Martian surface on August 6, 2012. FMI contributed the pressure- and humidity sensors of the REMS package. For details see FMI's MSL home page

08.06.2011 17:12 Finnish Time The ESA cometary research satellite ROSETTA entered hibernation. Expected wake-up: 20.01.2014. For details see the Rosetta web-page.

15.02.2011 06:40 Finnish Time The - re-used - Stardust spacecraft successfully passed Deep-Impact target comet Tempel-1. For details see the CIDA web-page