New Exoplanet Mission Europe looks forward to COROT launch ESA PR 47-2006. On 27 December, COROT is to be launched into space on a unique astronomy mission: its twin goals are to detect exoplanets orbiting around other stars and to probe the mysteries of stellar interiors as never before. COROT is a French national space agency (CNES)-led mission to which the European Space Agency and European partners are adding a particularly strong inte coroteuropeforwardlaunchlooks in Public bookmarkswith exoplanet
New Planet Hunter Prepares for Launch ESA prepares to launch COROT space telescope A powerful new instrument for finding extrasolar planets is about to launch: COROT (Convection Rotation and planetary Transits). Developed by the European Space Agency, COROT will search for planets using the transit method; it will be able to detect the in Public bookmarkswith esaexoplanet