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2015 in Review: A Year of Spectacular Planetary Missions and Discoveries
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in News, Spaceflight, Space, Science, ESA, Space Exploration, European Space Agency, Comets, Solar System, RosettaRosetta Mission and Philae Lander Celebrate One Year Since Historic Touchdown on a Comet
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta mission continues to capture the world’s imagination one year following the historic touchdown(s) of its Philae lander. On Nov. 12, Philae surpassed its one-year anniversary at its final landing site, Abydos, where it came to rest after bouncing twice on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. ESA recently released an animation depicting Philae’s […] More
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Rosetta Detects Molecular Oxygen at Comet 67P, Adding to Year of Firsts
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft has uncovered yet another first, capping off a year of milestones: Yesterday it was announced that it made the first detection of molecular oxygen at its target comet, Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. This latest announcement comes over a year after the spacecraft first arrived at its destination, over 10 years […] More
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in News, Tech, Space, Science, ESA, Space Exploration, press release, Sun, European Space Agency, Technology, asteroids, Comets, Solar System, Research, News Release, RosettaRosetta Scientists Answer Question of How ‘Rubber Duck’ Comet 67P Got Its Shape
Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, or 67P, has been the focus of intense study by the Rosetta spacecraft since 2014. One of the key mysteries scientists have been trying to figure out is how the comet became the odd “rubber duck” shape that it is, with its two distinct lobes. Now they think they have the answer: Comet […] More
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in News, Tech, AmericaSpace, Space, Science, ESA, Space Exploration, press release, Sun, European Space Agency, Technology, Exploration, Solar System, Research, News Release, RosettaRosetta Spacecraft Observes ‘Dramatic and Rapid’ Changes on Surface of Comet 67P
Since August 2014, the Rosetta spacecraft has been orbiting Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, providing an unprecedented look at an active comet as it moves closer to the Sun in its orbit. As expected, the level of activity increased the closer the comet was to the Sun, with jets of water vapor, gas, and dust becoming bigger and more […] More
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in NASA, AmericaSpace, Space, Lockheed Martin, Space Exploration, astronomy, asteroids, Asteroid Initiative, OSIRIS-RExOSIRIS-REx Taking Shape, Engineers Explain Innovative Asteroid Sample Return Mechanism
While avid space watchers may thrill to missions such as Stardust (which returned a sample from a comet), Dawn (which visited an asteroid and dwarf planet), and Rosetta (which placed a lander upon a comet’s surface), sometimes the significance of smaller solar system body missions is lost on the general public, as planetary missions seem […] More
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A Perfect Day for Sunbathing: A Year After Its Arrival, Rosetta Observes Comet 67P at Perihelion
Just over a year after it reached Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft passed another milestone early Thursday, Aug. 13, when it became the first orbiting spacecraft to observe a comet at perihelion, its closest point to the Sun. ESA announced that the exact moment of perihelion occurred at 02:03 GMT when […] More
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in News, AmericaSpace, Spaceflight, Space, ESA, Space Exploration, German Aerospace Center, European Space Agency, RosettaPhilae’s First Science Results Highlight an Unexpected Cometary World
Just weeks before the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft makes the first observations of a comet at perihelion from the perspective of an orbiting spacecraft, researchers have gotten their first, long-awaited “taste” of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko … and does it reveal some surprises. As Rosetta continues to orbit Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, early findings from its lander’s first […] More
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Rosetta Team Troubleshoots Philae as Comet’s Activity ‘Heats Up’
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft is on the precipice of making more discoveries as its comet begins to “heat up.” Just weeks before Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko reaches perihelion—the point where its orbit brings it closest to the Sun—the Rosetta spacecraft has been moved back from the comet due to increasing activity. While the spacecraft […] More
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Rosetta Update: Team Ramps Up for Perihelion, Communications With Philae, and Remembering Dr. Claudia Alexander
While the world waited breathlessly for the first photos to arrive from New Horizons’ July 14 encounter with Pluto and its moons, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft has continued sending images and data concerning Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko back to its home planet during its recently extended scientific mission. Rosetta’s team currently is gearing up […] More
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in News, Spaceflight, Space, Space Exploration, German Aerospace Center, European Space Agency, Solar System, RosettaESA’s Historic Rosetta Mission Extended Through September 2016
The European Space Agency (ESA) announced that the Rosetta mission, which saw the spacecraft successfully orbit a comet and set a lander down upon its surface in a series of historic firsts, has been extended. Just days after it was revealed Philae, Rosetta’s lander, was “alive” again after being silent for seven months, ESA stated […] More
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Philae Is Alive! ESA Comet Lander Feared Dead, Phones Home After 7 Months of Silence
The European Space Agency (ESA) made history last fall with the long-awaited arrival of their Rosetta mission to comet 67P, a decade-long trip intended to establish orbit around a cold and ancient time capsule from the darkest depths of the outer Solar System. But not only that, Rosetta brought along Philae, a lander. Humanity had […] More
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Rosetta and Philae Capture First Detailed Magnetic Measurements of a Comet Nucleus
Europe’s history-making cometary explorers—Rosetta and Philae—have captured the “first ever detailed measurements of the magnetic properties of a comet nucleus” in our Solar System and found that their target comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is “not magnetized,” according to the research team leading the project. More
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