ESA - Rosetta - European Space Agency
ESA and NASA are consolidating their cooperation on the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin mission with an agreement that ensures important US contributions, such as the launch service, elements of the propulsion system needed for landing on Mars …
6 Amazing Discoveries From Rosetta's Epic Comet Encounter
Sep 29, 2016 · Data from Rosetta show that each lobe began life as an independent body, but billions of years ago, the two objects collided with each other and fused together to form the comet we see today.
Flashback! ESA's Rosetta mission lands on Comet 67P
3 days ago · On Nov. 12, 2024, the Philae lander from European Space Agency's Rosetta mission's landed on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Credit: ESA - European Space A...
Rosetta-Philae Probe: How Humans Touched Down on a Comet …
2 days ago · Rosetta’s planned impact point in Ma’at shown in context with Philae’s first and final touchdown sites. All three sites are on the smaller of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko’s two lobes.
Rosetta mission's lander settles on a comet and makes history
Nov 12, 2014 · DARMSTADT, GERMANY—The Rosetta orbiter on Wednesday dropped a spidery, three-legged robot the size of a small refrigerator and watched as it tentatively set down on a comet—the first time that the surface of these …
Rosetta (spacecraft) - Wikipedia
Rosetta was a space probe built by the European Space Agency launched on 2 March 2004. Along with Philae, its lander module, Rosetta performed a detailed study of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko (67P).
Scientists hail scientific legacy of comet-chasing Rosetta probe on ...
Aug 13, 2024 · A decade ago, scientists at the European Space Agency (ESA) had just wrapped up the yearslong process of building a comet-chasing spacecraft named after the Rosetta Stone, the key to deciphering...
Rosetta readies for its close rendezvous with a comet - Science News
Oct 17, 2014 · The Rosetta spacecraft and its lander Philae are ready to make history in a risky rendezvous with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
Rosetta | rendezvous with a comet
Rosetta launched in 2004 and arrived at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on 6 August 2014. It is the first mission in history to rendezvous with a comet, escort it as it orbits the Sun, and deploy a lander to its surface. Rosetta is an ESA mission with contributions from its member states and NASA.
Rosetta's Comet Lander Landed Three Times | NASA Jet …
Nov 13, 2014 · At 10 a.m. PST (1 p.m. EST), the Rosetta mission's Philae lander became the first spacecraft to soft-land on a comet. Rosetta mission controllers believe Philae alighted in a hole, or crevice, about six feet (two meters) in diameter and six feet (two meters) deep and that it …