15 June 2015
Rosetta’s Philae lander awakens
...secondary rechargeable battery is powered by solar panels). Philae’s awakening is great news due to the major importance of the Rosetta mission, which is doing a detailed study of the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. The study of comets is not merely...
26 August 2015
Rosetta Experts to Present the Mission at International Astronautical Congress in Jerusalem
...began its main operational phase at the comet. "While Rosetta's highlights occurred last year, with the rendezvous with the... Dr. Paolo Ferri, Head of ESA Mission Operations and former Rosetta Flight Director, who will present the findings at IAC 2015....
11 August 2015
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko puts on a show as captured by Rosetta camera OSIRIS
... of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko as it moves closer and closer to the sun. According to ESA, which is in charge of the Rosetta mission, the emission lasted only 18 minutes, but did impact the nearby environment for days afterward...
02 December 2014
Rosetta comet success SpaceShipTwo
... an unplanned 30-minute bounce as it landed on the surface of Comet 67P, Philae, the little 100kg sub-probe to ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft, finally settled down to transmit information and photos on 12 November 2014. It had landed 1 km off target after...
31 July 2015
New Rosetta data on 67P/ChuryumovGerasimenko: from complex molecules to comet erosion
Data analysis from the Rosetta mission is giving scientists at the European Space Agency a lot to ponder. The historic comet landing on 67P/Churyumov...
15 November 2014
Pioneering Philae completes main mission before hibernation
... 28 minutes for the signal to reach Earth, via Rosetta). Philae’s instruments The search for Philae’s final landing ... re-established with the lander in the near future. Meanwhile, the Rosetta orbiter has been moving back into a 30 km orbit around the ...
