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From ESA: “Zooming in to a portion of the fractured cliff face imaged by CIVA camera 4 reveals brightness variations in the comet’s surface properties down to centimetre and millimetre scales. The dominant constituents are very dark conglomerates, likely made of organics. The brighter spots could represent mineral grains, perhaps even pointing to […] Philae’s final landing site, estimated by CONSERT. Credits: ESA/Rosetta/Philae/CONSERT By combining tantalizing clues from several different science instruments, the Rosetta science team is homing in on the location of Europe’s plucky Philae lander’s final landing site after successfully completing history’s first-ever soft landing on a comet, nearly two weeks ago, and discovering organic […] OSIRIS spots Philae drifting across the comet. These incredible images show the breathtaking journey of Rosetta’s Philae lander as it approached and then rebounded from its first touchdown on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko on 12 November 2014. Credit: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA Europe’s intrepid and plucky Philae spacecraft has detected organic molecules on the […] |
 Next Launch CRS-18 on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral AFB, FL scheduled for: 24 Jul 19 at 22:24 GMT 24 Jul 19 at 6:24pm Eastern 
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